Phillip E. Kriechbaum

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Phillip E. Kriechbaum, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Apremont, France, October 3, 1918. When his company was halted by heavy machine-gun fire, Lieutenant Kreichbaum advanced ahead of his company, thus personally leading them to the attack. He was killed by enemy machine- gun fire while some distance ahead of the first wave. His initiative and heroism were material factors in this operation.