Fred C. Schaffner

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred C. Schaffner, Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action during the gas-shell bombardment of April 13, 1918. After having been gassed himself Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Schaffner courageously helped in the treatment of more than 100 cases of gas casualties, disregarding his own condition until overcome. He died, April 18, 1918.