Hugh D. Shallenberger, Jr.
Home Town: Vanderbilt, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hugh D. Shallenberger, Jr., Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Preny Ridge, France, November 1, 1918. Although twice wounded by machine-gun fire while leading his men in an attack on Preny Ridge, under heavy machine-gun fire, Lieutenant Shallenberger continued in the advance until he was killed by the explosion of a shell.