Frederick W. Geer
Home Town: Albany, NY
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frederick W. Geer, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 26, 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire and on his own initiative, Private Geer left a place of safety and made his way by crawling to the side of a wounded comrade, administering first-aid treatment.
