Jacob Kreis
Home Town: Sheboygan, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 147, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jacob Kreis, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at St. Thibaut, France, August 10, 1918. Accompanied by another soldier, Private Kreis penetrated the enemy’s lines and patrolled a sector from the north bank of the River Vesle to the town of Bazoches. These two men entered an enemy dug-out and killed two Germans, at the same time locating a machine-gun emplacement.