Robert J. Eckweiler
Home Town: Notch, PA
General Orders 78, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert J. Eckweiler, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Crezancy, and Chateau-Thierry, France, July 15, 1918. On the morning of July 15, Private Eckweiler, with Private McNamee, volunteered and brought up a truck for the purpose of saving the records of the 30th Infantry, which were in danger of capture. He was killed while attempting this mission.
