John A. Gustafson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John A. Gustafson, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 47th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, June 23, 1918. During an advance by his company Lieutenant Gustafson (then a sergeant) directed a charge on an enemy machine-gun emplacement, destroying four guns and taking twenty-eight prisoners. Later in the attack he alone charged a machine-gun nest, killing one gunner, wounding another, and causing the remaining three to surrender.

The Navy Cross is presented to John A. Gustafson, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 47th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, June 23, 1918. During an advance by his company Lieutenant Gustafson (then a sergeant) directed a charge on an enemy machine-gun emplacement, destroying four guns and taking twenty-eight prisoners. Later in the attack he alone charged a machine-gun nest, killing one gunner, wounding another, and causing the remaining three to surrender.