DIETRICH, HOWARD WILLIAM (Deceased)
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
Corporal, 256458, Headquarters Detachment, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Division

Silver Star. General Orders No. 34, Headquarters 1st Division, A. E. F., July 9, 1918: The Division Commander cites the following man for conspicuous gallantry in action: . . . Corporal Howard W. Dietrich, Headquarters Detachment, 1st Field Artillery Brigade . . . displayed conspicuous coolness, unfaltering courage, and self-sacrificing devotion to duty when exposed to great danger; in particular on the morning of June 9, 1918, he voluntarily left his shelter and exposed himself to heavy gun fire in going to the rescue of a wounded officer and taking him to a dressing station. By command of Major General Bullard: H. K. Loughry, Major, Field Artillery, National Army, Division Adjutant.

Record. Born July 14, 1896, South Bend; son of Charles W. and Mary F. (Boyer) Dietrich. Farmer, South Bend. Enlisted July 5, 1917, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Training: Camp Robinson, Wis. Assigned to Battery F, 17th Field Artillery; transferred to Headquarters Company, 1st Field Artillery Brigade. Corporal, May 14, 1918. Overseas October 31, 1917. Battles: Sommerviller, Ansauville, Cantigny, Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne-Marne, Saizerais, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne. Died September 27, 1918, Vittel, France. Buried in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend.

Source of information: Indiana Book of Merit