Morris Frederick Fleitz

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Morris Frederick Fleitz, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and faithfulness in the face of great danger, while serving with the Headquarters Company, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action in the Belleau Wood, France, by remaining on arduous duty without rest for two days, under constant fire, to supply his battalion with rations and ammunition on June 9 – 10, 1918, and in the attack on Bois-de-Belleau, France. Private Fleitz made two trips with ammunition in broad daylight and in plain view of the enemy and carried ammunition across the field under heavy shell fire.

The Navy Cross is presented to Morris Frederick Fleitz, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and faithfulness in the face of great danger, while serving with the Headquarters Company, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action in the Belleau Wood, France, by remaining on arduous duty without rest for two days, under constant fire, to supply his battalion with rations and ammunition on June 9 – 10, 1918, and in the attack on Bois-de-Belleau, France. Private Fleitz made two trips with ammunition in broad daylight and in plain view of the enemy and carried ammunition across the field under heavy shell fire.