John Hilger
Home Town: Kansas City, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Hilger, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France. In spite of two wounds received on July 19, 1918, Sergeant Hilger led his platoon against a machine-gun nest and flanked and captured it, but as this courageous and useful deed was accomplished he was struck by a machine-gun bullet and killed.