Edward Sittler

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward Sittler, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Bantheville, France, October 24, 1918. Although himself severely wounded in the leg by shell fire, Private Sittler did not report for medical attention until he had given first aid and assisted in carrying other wounded soldiers to the first-aid station, a distance of six kilometers. After all of his comrades had received attention, he had his own wounds dressed and was evacuated to the hospital.