Albin Wiberg

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albin Wiberg, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the Somme offensive, France, August 15, 1918. Blown over the parapet of an outpost when an enemy shell made a direct hit, Sergeant Wiberg, upon regaining consciousness, carried the wounded members of his squad through heavy shell and machine-gun fire to a dressing station. He then drew a new automatic rifle from a nearby dump, and, making his way through heavy fire, established a new outpost, holding it alone against the enemy for 14 hours until relieved.