Dan E. Schueren, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dan E. Schueren, Jr., Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Barricourt, France, November 1, 1918. Lieutenant Schueren, then a sergeant, acting as liaison agent with an assaulting infantry battalion, on his own initiative, took command of a platoon of infantry when its leader was wounded. He ordered the advance resumed and under his leadership, machine-gun nests that threatened to hold up the advance of the entire battalion were flanked and silenced. He showed marked bravery constantly inspiring his men during the attack.