Chester F. Kroger

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chester F. Kroger, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. While directing the attack of his platoon against strong enemy resistance beyond the Paris-Soissons Highway, Lieutenant Kroger was severely wounded in the head by a machine-gun bullet. He refused immediate evacuation, and although staggering from the loss of blood he assisted in the reorganization of the various units of the 2d Battalion and continued with the advance until he fell from exhaustion.