Tilmer A. Running
Home Town: Viroqua, WI
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tilmer A. Running, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 12, 1913. While advancing on an enemy position, under direct machine-gun fire, Lieutenant Running was seriously wounded, but remained with his platoon until he died.
