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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Batallion:

    2d Anti-Aircraft Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 25, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 128 (1918)

    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 Sergeant George Weitzenberg (ASN: 1228915), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery A, 2d Anti-Aircraft Machine-Gun Battalion, American Expeditionary Forces, at Neuvilly, France, 25 September 1918. Sergeant Weitzenberg voluntarily ran through violent enemy shellfire to the aid of two soldiers of another organization who had been struck by an exploding shell. Finding one dead and the other severely wounded, he administered first aid to the wounded soldier and remained with him until an ambulance could be brought up.