ND Veterans Affairs News: State

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The President of the United States of America, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Carl C. Jensen (ASN: 0-38904), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving as Commanding Officer of the 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division.

Registered Divide county. Born, Aase, Norway, Jan. 10, 1887. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Crosby on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company No. 1, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, too July 30, 1918; Company H, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Fordville, N. Dak., Sept., 1897, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted at Fort Logan, Colo., on Jan. 17, 1918. Served in 5th Recruit Company, Fort Logan, Colo., to Feb. 2, 1918; Casual Company No. 1236, Signal Corps, to March 23, 1918; Company G, 30th Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 2, 1918, to death. Wounded, gassed, Aug. 10, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Campagne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle and Chateau-Thierry (Champagne).

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Norway, April 26, 1898. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on June 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1918. Served in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 8, 1918; Company C, 1st Brigade, Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Registered Barnes county. Born, Wimbledon, N. Dak., Oct. 19, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Valley City on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company Q, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonna. Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).