Henry A. Strobel
Home Town: Tell City, IN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry A. Strobel, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. With eight other soldiers, comprising the company headquarters detachment, Private Strobel assisted his company commander in clean out of enemy dugouts along the canal and capturing 242 prisoners.