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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    354th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 1 – 2, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Cloyd W. Steinhilber, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Barricourt, France, November 1 – 2, 1918. When his company commander was seriously wounded First Lieutenant Steinhilber took an automatic rifle from a dead soldier and held off the enemy for two hours, defending the wounded officer until assistance could be obtained. Next day, while in command of his company, he was himself wounded, losing an eye and puncturing the nose, but continued to urge his men forward, inspiring them by his example under heavy machine-gun fire.