Fischer, Fred C.

Sergeant, 129986, Battery A, 15thField Artillery, 2nd Division

    Silver Star. General Orders No. 53, Headquarters 2d Division, A. E. F., France, September 12, 1918: The names of and the deeds performed by the following named officers and men of this division are published as being well worthy of emulation and praise........15th Field Artillery.........Sergeant Fred C. Fischer, Battery A, 15th Field Artillery:...........These three chiefs of section remained at their posts and kept their pieces firing continually for eighteen hours, from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., July 23, 1918, the battery being under shell fire at different times during this period. During the attack previous to this, the battery had been firing practically day and night. This near Soissons, July 23, 1918.....By command of Major General Lejeune: Preston Brown, Brigadier General, Chief of Staff. Official: Madison Pearson, Major Adjutant.

    Silver Star. General Orders No. 64, Headquarters 2d Division (Regular), A. E. F., Germany, June 25, 1919: The following named officers and enlisted men of the 2d Division are cited for gallantry in action against the enemy in the Champagne sector:..............15th Field Artillery.............First Sergeant Fred C. Fischer.........By command of Major General Lejeune: Hu B. Myers, Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff. Official: Hanford MacNider, Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, Adjutant.

    Citation Certificate - Gallantry in Action. June 25, 1919: For distinguished and exceptional gallantry at Blanc Mont, France, on October 4, 1918, in the operations of the American Expeditionary Forces; in testimony thereof, and as an expression of appreciation of his valor, I award him this citation. John A. Lejeune, Major General, U. S. Marine Corps, Commanding.

    Croix de Guerre with silver and bronze stars (France.)

    Silver star. Order No. 13.354 "D", February 8, 1919, General Headquarters, French Armies of the East. From October 2 - 12, 1918, near Blanc Mont his battery being bombarded and an ammunition depot having exploded, he removed the boxes of fuses which were commencing to burn near a pile of shells.

    Bronze star. Order No. 15.165 "D", March 29, 1919, General Headquarters, French Armies of the East: On July 23, 1918, near Soissons, he displayed courage in command of a piece of artillery which was subjected to an enemy fire.

    Record. Born August 20, 1892, Corning, Ohio. Removed to Indiana 1910. Farmer, Shelburn. Enlisted March 11, 1913, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Assigned to Battery A, 15th Field ArRillery. Corporal, August 14, 1915; sergeant, June 2, 1917. Overseas December 2, 1917 - August, 1919. Battles: Troyon, Aisne, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, Aisne-Marne, Marbache, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne. Discharged March 10, 1920.

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