Cloyd W. Steinhilber

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Cloyd W. Steinhilber, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Barricourt, France, November 1 – 2, 1918. When his company commander was seriously wounded First Lieutenant Steinhilber took an automatic rifle from a dead soldier and held off the enemy for two hours, defending the wounded officer until assistance could be obtained. Next day, while in command of his company, he was himself wounded, losing an eye and puncturing the nose, but continued to urge his men forward, inspiring them by his example under heavy machine-gun fire.