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PVT Louis Yaeger

15 Jun 1888 – 13 Aug 1947

Birth	15 Jun 1888
Death	13 Aug 1947
Cemetery	Greenhill Cemetery Hebbronville , Jim Hogg County , Texas , USA
Added by	Danny Jones on 23 Jul 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272739588

Bio

WW1 Private Company D 321st Machine Gun Battalion 82nd Infantry Division. Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart and WW1 Victory Medals. 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 Private Louis Yaeger (ASN: 2253657), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F., near Pont-a-Mousson, France, 12 September 1918. Private Yaeger, with his brother, Corporal Roy Yaeger, remained at an advanced position in the face of heavy machine-gun and rifle fire from the enemy and, by effective use of their machine-gun and pistols, covered the withdrawal of the infantry, inflicting serious losses on the enemy and refusing to retire until they were ordered to do so.

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Family

Parents

• Henry Carl Yaeger 1847–1931 FaG
• Florence Mary Waugh Yaeger 1864–1938 FaG

Spouse

• Anna Bridges Riley 1902–1984

Siblings

• Mary Josephine Yaeger Armstrong 1882–1927 FaG
• May Theresa Yaeger 1884–1920 FaG
• William Henry Yaeger Sr 1887–1962 FaG
• Robert Royal "Roy" Yaeger 1894–1980 FaG

Children

• Frances Louise Yaeger Leonard 1923–1966

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