Edward I. Schallert
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 24, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward I. Schallert, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Madeleine Farm, France, October 10 – 13, 1918. Although wounded in the thigh on October 10, Private Schallert continued to render first aid to the wounded under enemy fire until wounded a second time by a machine-gun bullet in the arm.