Ernest J. Boysen

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ernest J. Boysen, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Champigneulles, France, November 1, 1918. When his platoon was held up by fire from enemy machine-guns and snipers, Lieutenant Boysen went forward in advance of his platoon, in disregard for personal danger; and, with a rifle, brought down three enemy snipers, and drove off the enemy machine-gunners, thereby enabling his platoon to resume its advance.