Anthony J. Kruger

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Anthony J. Kruger, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Wilhelmplatz, France, September 29, 1918. Sergeant Kruger was ordered to take his platoon and capture a machine gun which was holding up the advance of the company and causing many casualties. Without hesitation, Sergeant Kruger, armed with an automatic pistol, and, with utter disregard for his personal safety, charged the machine gun, stopping only when he was rendered unconscious by two bullet wounds in the neck.