Herbert Ratenburg
Home Town: Manchester, CT
General Orders No. No. 125, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert Ratenburg, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 22, 1918. Although wounded in three places by machine-gun bullets, Sergeant Ratenburg followed the attack and continued his duty, thereby inspiring his comrades.
