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First Name: Carl

Last Name: Rasmussen

Birthplace: Louisa, IA, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Edinburg, TX




Date of Birth: 1894



Rank: Private First Class

Years Served: 1917-1919
Carl Rasmussen

   
Engagements:
•  World War I (1914 - 1918)

Biography:

Carl Rasmussen

Private 1st Class, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders 98 (1919)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Carl Rassmussen (ASN: 2250434), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-Brieulles, France, 27 September 1918.
Private Rassmussen, a company runner, volunteered and made two trips from the post of command of his own regiment to that of the regiment adjoining his own, passing each time more than a thousand yards under intense enemy machine-gun fire.



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Texas WWI Exceptional Gallantry

Honoree ID: 315927   Created by: drjones46

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