Theodore T. Gariepy
Home Town: Detroit, MI
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Theodore T. Gariepy, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Bois-des-Grimpettes, near Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, August 1, 1918. When two companies of another organization deployed in a field a violent artillery fire was directed on them, necessitating their moving into an adjoining wood, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. Corporal Gariepy, with a party of five men, left the woods and directed the work of carrying the wounded to a safe spot, where they could be given medical attention. He directed this work under heavy fire and with an utter disregard for his own life.
