Carl F. Joerger
Home Town: Newark, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl F. Joerger, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 24, 1918. Leaving his dugout, Private Joerger voluntarily crawled across a machine-gun swept area to the aid of two wounded comrades. While performing this heroic task he was seriously wounded.