Hjalmar Froman
Home Town: Murphy, ID
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hjalmar Froman, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, October 3, 1918. Corporal Froman voluntarily and unhesitatingly left shelter under heavy shell fire and, without thought of personal danger, rendered first aid and carried a wounded comrade to a place of safety.