Anthony J. Weis
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Anthony J. Weis, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Marcheville, France, September 26, 1918. Private Weis displayed exceptional courage under violent machine-gun and rifle fire by standing in the open for the purpose of locating machine-gun nests. Later he was killed while rushing a machine-gun which had thus been located.
