NORBERT W. MARKUS, was a Second Lieutenant with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion when his extraordinary heroism gained him the Distinguished Service Cross. After the entire personnel of the machine-gun squad under his command had been killed or disabled and when he himself was severely wounded near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918, Lt. Markus kept up the operation of his gun and refused to be taken to the rear when relieved until he had been carried to his company commander and had given the latter valuable information.

Mr. Markus resided in Pennsylvania.