Schurter's Sortie RCW (id:#60522)

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South of Piryatina, Maritime Province, Siberia 1919-07-05 (0 others)

Overview:

By July 4th, all overland supply routes and communications for the Americans had been severed by the Bolsheviks. Any supplies and messages had to travel through partisan territory to America Bay. On July 5th, M Company led a procession which included D Company, a MG detachment, and a Japanese Infantry Company. Just south of Piryatina, on a hill 800 yards away, the partisans opened fire on M Company wounding six soldiers. One of the wounded soldiers, Private Schurter, charged with his platoon firing his BAR. . . The Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private First Class Alpha Schurter, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company D, 31st Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces (Siberia), in action in the lower Suchan Valley, Siberia, 5 July 1919. Although mortally wounded Private Schurter continued to advance with his platoon and assisted them by fire action until ordered to stop by his automatic rifle sergeant.

Defender: Bolshevik Partisans (Elements of Bolshevik Partisans and Suchan Mine Workers)  

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