Peter W. Ebbert
Home Town: Glen Rock, NJ
General Orders No. 27, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Peter W. Ebbert, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Ville Savoye, France, August 7, 1918. Lieutenant Ebbert, acting as battalion supply officer, conducted numerous details of food and ammunition through the heavy enemy artillery barrage. Later in the day he volunteered for observation duty and was posted in a prominent tower, where he was killed by a direct artillery hit.
