Carl Gustafson
Home Town: Eureka, CA
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl Gustafson, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 8 – 9, 1918. Engaged as runner, Private Gustafson constantly carried messages through a sector which was under intense shell and machine- gun fire and infested with sniper fire.
