Andrew W. Hatlestad
Home Town: Athboy, SD
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Andrew O. Hatlestad, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, October 3, 1918. Private Hatlestad repeatedly carried messages to the front-line platoons through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. He was killed by enemy fire while carrying a message to the front line under heavy fire.