Thomas B. Welker

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas B. Welker, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, September 28, 1918. When his company had become disorganized under intense machine-gun fire, Private Welker assumed leadership of a group of men and courageously charged a machine-gun nest in plain view of the enemy, losing his life in this heroic attempt.