Hans Henriksen
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders No. 26, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hans Henriksen, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Letanne, France, November 6, 1918. Private Henriksen went out from a place of safety through a heavy shell fire and helped to carry a wounded comrade to safety. Without orders, he made a second trip for a distance of 500 yards through machine-gun and artillery fire to bring in the tripod of his gun squad.
