Edward Hantschke
Home Town: Newark, NJ
General Orders 74, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward Hantschke, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Pannes, France, September 12, 1918. Seeing his platoon leader was being fired upon by a German sniper, Private Hantschke, who at the time was under cover, jumped to his feet and stepping in front of the officer tried to push him into a shell hole. The bullet intended for the officer struck Private Hantschke in the mouth, killing him instantly.
