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 Gustav Gjerstad (ASN: 2106540), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Mayonville, France, 1 November 1918. While assisting a squad to flank a machine-gun nest which was delaying his company’s advance, Private Gjerstad was twice painfully wounded. He persisted in continuing in the advance until another wound forced him to the rear for treatment.