John W. Schwegler
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John W. Schwegler, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 28, 1918. Sergeant Schwegler went forward from a front line trench in daylight for a distance of 60 yards through enemy machine- gun and sniper’s fire, and brought back a wounded soldier to shelter.
