Raymond J. Schulze - War Hero

SCHULZE

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 8/3/2004 at 05:22:19

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Raymond J. Schulze, private, first class, Section No. 583, Ambulance Service. For extraordinary heroism in action near Orvillers-Sorel (Oise), France, August 16, 1918. When many French and American drivers had been killed or wounded during an intense bombardment on a dressing station, he immediately went to their assistance, but received wounds himself which will make him a cripple for life.

Residence at enlistment: 320 Fifth Avenue, West Cedar Rapids, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 370

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall