Luther E. Lindahl
Home Town: Sheffield, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Luther E. Lindahl, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Brieulles, France, September 28, 1918. Sergeant Lindahl charged an enemy machine gun which was inflicting heavy losses upon our troops and delaying the advance. He wounded the gunners and captured the gun, thereby enabling our advance to continue.