Herman Edward Stadie
Home Town: New York, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herman Edward Stadie, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Feme-des-Dames, west of Fismes, France, August 20, 1918. While the vicinity of the regimental command post where he was stationed was under heavy bombardment, Captain Stadie, without thought of personal danger, voluntarily ran outside, through shrapnel and high-explosive shells, and rescued a wounded runner.