John Kjellberg
Home Town: New York, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Kjellberg, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Trugny, France, July 23, 1918. After being wounded, Second Lieutenant Kjellberg refused to be evacuated, but gallantly continued in command of his platoon, firing the machine gun himself when the crew was depleted until he was sounded a second time.