Edwin Wiese
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 128, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edwin Wiese, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Essey, France, September 12, 1918. Private Wiese displayed conspicuous gallantry by creeping forward alone under machine-gun fire and capturing two enemy machine-guns, which were holding up the advance of his organization.