Herman L. Hansen
Home Town: Nicolaus, CA
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herman L. Hansen, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne-a-Arnes, France, October 3, 1918. Corporal Hansen voluntarily exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire, and with the assistance of another soldier, brought in from an exposed position a soldier severely wounded. Corporal Hansen was killed after he had relieved himself of the wounded man.
