Herman Nubel
Home Town: Elmhurst, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herman Nubel, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Pierremont, France, November 4, 1918. Corporal Nubel advanced under heavy machine- gun fire to a position on the flank of his company’s sector, located a machine-gun nest and opened fire on it. He remained in this position in the face of fire from a one-pounder gun.