Soren C. Sorensen

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Soren C. Sorensen, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918. When the officers of his unit were killed or wounded, and although he himself had been wounded early in the attack and suffered intensely, First Lieutenant Sorenson took command, refused to leave his post, and, by heroic courage and resolution in resisting counterattacks, contributed in great measure to the successful defense of his sector.