Isaac G. Kinneer
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Home Town: Mount Pleasant, IA
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General Orders No. 72, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Isaac G. Kinneer, Supply Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Sergeant Kinneer took command of his platoon after his platoon leader had been wounded, and led one of his sections through our own barrage in order to take up a position where he could fire upon two 77- millimeter fieldpieces which were firing point blank on our troops. The fire of this gun was so effective that the guns were captured and the crews were forced to surrender.