Algot Johnson
Home Town: Bronx, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Algot Johnson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville Savoye, France, August 26, 1918. Under heavy fire from the enemy, Private Johnson, accompanied by one man, crossed the Vesle River and silenced a machine-gun, which was causing heavy casualties in his company. They killed one gunner and wounded the other.