Oscar Koeppel
Home Town: Liden Heights, OH
General Orders No. 26, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oscar Koeppel, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Seringes, France, July 27, 1918. After being severely wounded while leading his men through an intense barrage, Captain Koeppel refused to leave his company until they had been established on the front line and all orders and instructions turned over to the next in command.
