William M. Hassebrock

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William M. Hassebrock, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brandeville, France, November 8, 1918. Wounded in the leg by shrapnel, Private Hassebrock continued in the advance, carrying his machine-gun. Soon afterward he was knocked down and again wounded in the same leg, but, although he was ordered to a dressing station, he succeeded in joining his gun crew at the firing position, where he was wounded severely for the third time.