Hans L. Tveten
Home Town: Sand Creek, MT
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 1, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hans L. Tveten, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Gesnes, France, September 29, 1918. When his company was under fire from two German machine-guns, Private Tveten crept forward alone and put the guns out of action with rifle grenades, capturing single handed four Germans and both machine guns.