Second Lieutenant, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division, US Army. Entered the service from Wisconsin. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation: "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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Edwin B. Thorsen, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 127th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, A.E.F., near Roncheres, France, 3 July 1918. Wounded in the abdomen by a machine-gun bullet, Second Lieutenant Thorsen continued to lead his men in the advance for 100 yards, till he fell from loss of blood, dying later from his wound. His example was an inspiration to his men."
There is a cenotaph in his memory at Mount Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wisconsin.
There is a cenotaph in his memory at Mount Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wisconsin.
Second Lieutenant, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division, US Army. Entered the service from Wisconsin. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation: "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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Edwin B. Thorsen, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 127th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, A.E.F., near Roncheres, France, 3 July 1918. Wounded in the abdomen by a machine-gun bullet, Second Lieutenant Thorsen continued to lead his men in the advance for 100 yards, till he fell from loss of blood, dying later from his wound. His example was an inspiration to his men."
There is a cenotaph in his memory at Mount Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wisconsin.
There is a cenotaph in his memory at Mount Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wisconsin.
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