Thomas Seidel
Home Town: Neenah, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Seidel, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. With two other soldiers Private Seidel rushed a machine-gun position, killed the crew, and captured the gun in order to make the advance of his platoon possible.