Amos Teske
Home Town: Coal Valley, AL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Amos Teske, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ancerviller, France, March 4, 1918. Corporal Teske was a member of a patrol of five men and took a conspicuous part when it encountered an enemy patrol of 11 men, which it attacked and routed, taking two prisoners.