George Weitzenberg

Military Honor(s):

Distinguished Service Cross

Citation: 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, A.E.F., 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.