Dick Oosterbann

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dick Oosterbann, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois- de-Rappes, France, October 21, 1918. While repulsing an enemy counterattack in the Bois-de-Rappe, Private Oosterbann, a gunner, was so badly wounded that he could no longer fire, but lay beside his gun for 18 hours, without medical attention, under heavy machine-gun fire, encouraging the remainder of his squad until the attack was over.