Jerome E. Wagner
Home Town: Osgood, IN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jerome E. Wagner, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Seicheprey, France, September 12, 1918. When concentrated machine-gun fire was encountered, Corporal Wagner maneuvered his squad to a point near the nests, and, although severely wounded, continued to direct his men in silencing the guns.