First Lieutenant Lyle J. Bouck, Jr., was one of the youngest officers in the U. S. Army during World War II, and was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, and the Presidential Unit Citation for heroic actions in leading his Intel & Recon Platoon in a delay of the attacking German Sixth Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge. He was mobilized with the 35th Infantry Division in 1940, serving with the unit from Camp Robinson, Arkansas to California, before completing Officer Candidate School and joining the 99th Division as an Intel & Recon Platoon leader. Captured during the action, he was released as a Prisoner of War in 1945, and returned to his hometown of St. Louis.
Class VIII, First Lieutenant Lyle J. Bouck, Jr.
