Husband of Kathryn Keding
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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 Technical Sergeant Carl A. Franz (ASN: 20311416), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 1 November 1944, near Germeter, Germany. On that date, Sergeant Franz led a patrol of four men on a mission to secure enemy equipment for observation. Returning from the mission, this soldier stopped to mark a mine field he discovered, and while so engaged stepped on an S-mine. Realizing that if he removed his foot from the mine it would bounce and probably kill or wound his companions, Sergeant Franz calmly held it to the ground and ordered his men to disperse. He suffered severe body wounds and the loss of his foot from the resulting explosion, but his unselfish, heroic act saved the men of his patrol from injury. Technical Sergeant Franz's courage and supreme devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 28th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.
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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 Technical Sergeant Carl A. Franz (ASN: 20311416), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 1 November 1944, near Germeter, Germany. On that date, Sergeant Franz led a patrol of four men on a mission to secure enemy equipment for observation. Returning from the mission, this soldier stopped to mark a mine field he discovered, and while so engaged stepped on an S-mine. Realizing that if he removed his foot from the mine it would bounce and probably kill or wound his companions, Sergeant Franz calmly held it to the ground and ordered his men to disperse. He suffered severe body wounds and the loss of his foot from the resulting explosion, but his unselfish, heroic act saved the men of his patrol from injury. Technical Sergeant Franz's courage and supreme devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 28th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.
Husband of Kathryn Keding
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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 Technical Sergeant Carl A. Franz (ASN: 20311416), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 1 November 1944, near Germeter, Germany. On that date, Sergeant Franz led a patrol of four men on a mission to secure enemy equipment for observation. Returning from the mission, this soldier stopped to mark a mine field he discovered, and while so engaged stepped on an S-mine. Realizing that if he removed his foot from the mine it would bounce and probably kill or wound his companions, Sergeant Franz calmly held it to the ground and ordered his men to disperse. He suffered severe body wounds and the loss of his foot from the resulting explosion, but his unselfish, heroic act saved the men of his patrol from injury. Technical Sergeant Franz's courage and supreme devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 28th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.
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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 Technical Sergeant Carl A. Franz (ASN: 20311416), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 1 November 1944, near Germeter, Germany. On that date, Sergeant Franz led a patrol of four men on a mission to secure enemy equipment for observation. Returning from the mission, this soldier stopped to mark a mine field he discovered, and while so engaged stepped on an S-mine. Realizing that if he removed his foot from the mine it would bounce and probably kill or wound his companions, Sergeant Franz calmly held it to the ground and ordered his men to disperse. He suffered severe body wounds and the loss of his foot from the resulting explosion, but his unselfish, heroic act saved the men of his patrol from injury. Technical Sergeant Franz's courage and supreme devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 28th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.
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