Gustav Gjerstad
Home Town: Gary, MN
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Gustav Gjerstad, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mayonville, France, November 1, 1918. While assisting a squad to flank a machine-gun nest which was delaying his company’s advance, Private Gjerstad was twice painfully wounded. He persisted in continuing in the advance until another wound forced him to the rear for treatment.
