Oscar A. Rundquist
Home Town: Big Rapids, MI
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oscar A. Rundquist, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 9, 1918. Though mortally wounded early in the assault, he continued to lead his men in an attack on German machine-gun nests that were holding up the advance of the American troops. With marked coolness and bravery, he encouraged his men until the objective had been reached, shortly after which he fell dead from loss of blood.
