![]() Cedric Charles Benz First Lieutenant, United States Army |
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BENZ,
CEDRIC CHARLES
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: July 1, 1918 General Orders No. No. 100, W.D., 1918 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Cedric Charles Benz, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while trying to assist a wounded companion in the attack on Hill 204, west of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 1, 1918. First Lieutenant Benz discovered a party of
Germans, and with the aid of two wounded soldiers boldly rushed them and
made 38 prisoners.
BENZ, HELEN T
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