Peter Fiigen

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Peter Fiigen, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vieville-en-Haye, France, September 23 – 24, 1918. On the night of September 23 – 24, Private Fiigen repeatedly carried messages between his company and battalion headquarters through a heavy barrage, until completely exhausted. On the morning of September 26, he volunteered and carried an important message to battalion headquarters through a heavy machine-gun fire.