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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    166th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 7, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 44 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Werner Eich (ASN: 94889), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Sedan, France, 7 November 1918. Private Eich was a member of a patrol sent put to silence machine-gun nests which were holding up the battalion’s advance. When the officer leading the patrol fell mortally wounded, this soldier went to his assistance in the face of heavy fire from machine guns only 100 yards away, three other soldiers being killed in similar attempts.