Louis B. Jansen

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis B. Jansen, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Epinonville, France, September 26, 1918. When the advance of his battalion was held up by an enemy machine-gun nest, Lieutenant Jansen, accompanied by a soldier, crossed the enemy wire, took the position, killed one of the enemy and captured four prisoners and two machine-guns.