Axel Rasmussen
Home Town: Sherwood, OR
General Orders No. 88, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Axel Rasmussen, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Rocquencourt, France, May 4, 1918. Major Rasmussen proceeded to his post of command in spite of heavy bombardment in order to save important papers and while thus engaged was killed by shell fire.
