Elmer J. Kilcher - War Hero

KILCHER

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 8/2/2004 at 03:53:38

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Elmer J. Kilcher, private first class, Company D, 130th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action at Fresnes-en-Woevre, France, November 10, 1918. Pvt. Kilcher voluntarily returned through the enemy's barrage after a raid to rescue another soldier who had been wounded and was himself wounded as a result of his self-sacrificing effort.

Residence at enlistment:
Waucoma, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 366

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall