Hubert Ver Mehren
Home Town: Omaha, NE
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hubert Ver Mehren, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brandeville, France, November 8 – 10, 1918. On November 8 and November 10, Sergeant Ver Mehren showed utter disregard for his own personal danger in giving first aid to wounded and carrying them to a place of safety, under intense machine-gun and shell fire.