Fred J. Yochim

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred J. Yochim, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918. When other means of liaison were destroyed by heavy enemy fire, Private Yochim carried numerous messages over routes exposed to heavy artillery fire from units in line to battalion headquarters. In all subsequent engagements of this regiment he exposed himself fearlessly in order to maintain communication until severely wounded near Cunel, October 21, 1918, while carrying a message over area swept by machine-gun fire.