Clarence Loken
Home Town: Morris, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clarence Loken, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Beaufort, France, November 4, 1918. Private Laken was engaged as a runner and made several trips through heavy bombardment from the front line to the support battalion. Even, after his equipment had been riddled by shell fragments, he continued, maintaining liaison between these two points.