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Phillip
Evans
Kriechbaum
KIA (WWI)
February 5, 1894

–

October 3, 1918

Brothers Phillip and Roy Kriechbaum each earned Distinguished Service Crosses less than a month apart while each served as an officer in the same Regiment of the 26th Division. Phillip Kriechbaum was killed in the action that earned him the award.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    112th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 3, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 11 (1921)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Phillip Evans Kriechbaum, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Apremont, France, 3 October 1918. When his company was halted by heavy machine-gun fire, Lieutenant Kriechbaum 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.