Norbet W. Markus
Home Town: Quincy, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 126, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Norbet W. Markus, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. After the entire personnel of the machine-gun squad under his command had been killed or disabled, and when he himself was severely wounded, Second Lieutenant Markus kept up the operation of his gun and refused to be taken to the rear when relieved until he had been carried to his company commander and had given the latter valuable information.