Melvin Myhrum

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Melvin Myhrum, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Breuilles, France, October 7, 1918. The patrol, of which Private Myhrum was a member, was under constant and exacting machine-gun and rifle fire. After the officer in charge had been wounded and the patrol scattered, he returned to his company and voluntarily acted as guide for stretcher bearers to bring in the wounded officer. Being unable to locate him, Private Myhrum remained and searched, during which time he was twice wounded. He led a second group of stretcher bearers to the spot where the officer was finally located, and then assisted in carrying him to the rear, before reporting for treatment.