Herman F. Seibel
Home Town: Sellersburg, IN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herman F. Seibel, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. With eight other soldiers, comprising the company headquarters detachment, Private Seibel assisted his company commander in cleaning out the enemy dugouts along a canal and capturing 242 prisoners.