The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private Robert W. Jensen (ASN: 42118892), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces near Ober Otterbach, Germany, on 19 March 1945. When an attack against a hill in the Siegfried Line was halted by a barbed-wire barricade and heavy machine gun and rifle fire, Private Jensen valiantly continued forward alone and, despite intense small arms fire and enemy hand grenades, cut several gaps through the barbed-wire entanglement. He then assaulted an enemy-occupied trench single-handed, firing his rifle and throwing grenades as he ran. By his bold action he forced five Germans to surrender. With this strong point eliminated, he company reached the crest of the hill. During an enemy counterattack, Private Jensen was preparing to defend the company’s exposed right flank when he was hit and killed by a mortar shell fragment. His outstanding aggressiveness and magnificent courage exemplified the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflected great credit upon himself, the 36th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.