Edward N. Lindquist

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward N. Lindquist, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. His platoon having been halted by heavy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Lindquist went forward through heavy machine-gun fire and, single handed, attacked an enemy sniper who, armed with a light machine gun, was inflicting many casualties on his organization. He killed the sniper and thus enabled his organization to continue the advance.