Joseph Krause

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Krause, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye Woods, France, November 6, 1918. During the Meuse-Argonne, while Hill 378, north of Verdun, was being stormed by the 316th Infantry, Sergeant Krause, himself in the foremost rank, rushed forward in the face of heavy fire from a machine- gun nest and rescued successively three wounded soldiers who had fallen in the attempt to take the hill, bringing each in turn to safety. His actions were in disregard of his own safety and were an inspiration to his comrades.