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Home Town: Cambridge, Illinois

Lindsten, Albin

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albin Lindsten, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Responding to a call for volunteers by his company commander to locate the source of machine-gun fire, which had cut off the headquarters platoon from the rest of the company, Private Lindsten crawled through the barrage, ascertained the position of the guns, and led the platoon to safety. He then crawled back through the barrage, located the rest of the company, and guided the platoon to them.

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  General Orders No. 32, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: White Bear, Minnesota

Liner, Irving L.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Irving L. Liner, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, A.E.F., near Binarville, France, October 2 - 7, 1918. Private Liner was a battalion runner, when his battalion was surrounded by the enemy in the Forest of Argonne and cut off from communication with friendly troops. He carried messages with great cheerfulness under conditions of stress and under heavy machine-gun and shell fire, at a time when he was exhausted by exposure and hunger, being without food for five days.

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  General Orders No. 21, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York

Lingo, Lovick P.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lovick P. Lingo, Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 328th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, A.E.F., at Cornay, France, October 9 - 10, 19I8. Lieutenant Lingo was with an attacking party, which, after driving off the enemy, was counterattacked and surrounded. Upon being called on to surrender, he refused, and despite the fact that ten men had been shot down in trying to get away, fought his way out and, though wounded, reached his own lines. Later, when Lieutenant Lingo learned that his company 'was without officers, he returned and remained with it for several days until weakness from his wound forced his evacuation.

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  General Orders 81, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Milledgeville, Georgia

*Liniger, William

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Liniger, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, A.E.F., near Romagne, France, October 9, 1918. After all the officers of his company had been killed or wounded an attack by his platoon was ordered on an enemy machine-gun nest. Receiving a mortal wound in the attack, which, captured the enemy nest, Sergeant Liniger struggled on until the objective had been reached, encouraging his men and setting them an example of his bravery.

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  General Orders 71, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Muskegon, Michigan

Link, Ollie R.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ollie R. Link, Cook, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near St. Souplet, France, October 9 - 10, 1918. Hearing that the casualties in his company were very heavy, Cook Link left his place in the kitchen and joined his comrades on the front line. From there he advanced alone a distance of 200 yards and located two machine-gun nests, the journey being done in the face of heavy enemy fire.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Buies Creek, North Carolina

Linskey, William F.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William F. Linskey, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, A.E.F., at Hamel, Belgium, July 4, 1918. Private Linskey was severely wounded in the right arm by shrapnel at the beginning of the battle. Nevertheless, he carried his automatic rifle forward and used it effectively in the assault on the village.

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  General Orders No. 99, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois

Linton, Clyde W.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clyde W. Linton, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery E, 42d Field Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, near Suippes, France, July 15, 1918. Corporal Linton displayed remarkable courage and devotion to duty, a lineman in charge of exposed telephone lines between his battery commander's station and the firing battery, during the German attack at Suippes. At great personal risk he repaired the lines as they were broken by shell fire. In performing this duty he was severely wounded.

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  General Orders No. 21, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Akron, Michigan

*Linton, Frederick M.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frederick M. Linton, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 51st Infantry Brigade, 26th Division, A.E.F., near Marcheville and Riaville, France, September 25 - 26, 1918. Lieutenant Linton, while acting as liaison officer with brigade headquarters, volunteered to carry a message from the front lines to the rear through a terrific barrage and murderous machine-gun fire. After successfully accomplishing this mission, he returned with a platoon of reinforcements across an open field through the same heavy fire. When the town of Marcheville fell into the enemy's hands, he volunteered to lead a platoon in the counterattack and was wounded while in command. He retained command and held his ground with the platoon until he received his second and fatal wound.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Roslindale, Massachusetts

*Lippe, Oscar P.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oscar P. Lippe, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, A.E.F., near the Vesle River, France, August 29, 1918. Sergeant Lippe saw a wounded comrade 50 yards away and immediately started to his assistance across an open space covered by machine-gun and sniper fire. He was killed attempting to reach his comrade.

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  General Orders No. 21, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: New York, New York

*Lippitt, Alexander F.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexander F. Lippitt, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., in the Champagne sector, north of Chalons, France, July 15, 1918. During a powerful enemy attack, Lieutenant Lippitt led his platoon through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire in a counterattack against the enemy, which had gained a foothold in our line. The enemy was repulsed and the line reestablished. He assisted in the reorganization and defense of the position against two enemy assaults. The gallantry of this officer was a great aid to his command at a time of unusual danger. He was killed a few days later while advancing to an attack.

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  General Orders No. No. 53, War Department, 1920
  

Home Town: Providence, Rhode Island

Lipscomb, Abner E.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Abner E. Lipscomb, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, A.E.F., near St. Etienne, France, October 8, 1918. After all the officers of his company were either killed or wounded, Sergeant Lipscomb took command of his company, and although twice wounded, continued to advance. He led the company with courage and skill; held difficult positions in the exposed salient occupied by the first battalion, and established a flank guard.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Brenham, Texas

Lisa, James R.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James R. Lisa, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, A.E.F., near St. Souplet, France, October 18, 1918. After his battalion had been compelled to withdraw because of enfilading fire, Lieutenant Lisa displayed marked bravery in going forward and attending wounded men whose evacuation was impossible because of the intense fire.

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  General Orders No. 23, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Randalls Island, New York

*Lister, John M.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John M. Lister, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 363d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, A.E.F., near Waereghem, Belgium, October 31, 1918. When the progress of two front line companies had been stopped by the intense fire of enemy machine guns, and the enemy began to close in on these troops, Corporal Lister voluntarily assembled a squad of automatic riflemen and grenadiers and went forward to an exposed position, where he directed the fire of his squad until killed.

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  General Orders No. 20, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: San Francisco, California

*Litchfield, John Russell

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Russell Litchfield, Pharmacist's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service while serving as Corpsman, attached to the Seventy-Fourth Company, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near Thiaucourt, France, September 15, 1918. Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Litchfield displayed exceptional bravery in giving first aid to the wounded under shell fire. He was killed while taking a wounded soldier out of a trench to the rear.

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  General Orders No. 27, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Blackwell, Oklahoma

Littauer, Kenneth P.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Kenneth P. Littauer, Major (Air Service), U.S. Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 88th Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Conflans, France, October 30, 1918. Major Littauer volunteered on a mission to protect a photographic plane for another squadron on September 14 and continued toward the objective at Conflans even after three other protecting planes had failed to start. In an encounter with five enemy pursuit planes he completely protected the photographic plane by skillful maneuvering, although his observer was wounded and his machine seriously damaged. On October 30, while on duty as chief of air service of the 3d Army Corps, Major Littauer volunteered and made an important reconnaissance of enemy machine-gun emplacements at a low altitude near Doulcon.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Branford, Connecticut

Little, William B.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William B. Little, Major, British Expeditionary Forces, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with East Lancashire Regiment, 6th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Attached), 198th Division. British Expeditionary Forces during the Ypres-Lys offensive, October 17, 1918, when closely affiliated with American troops. On one occasion, when Major Little was forming his battalion for the attack, the enemy put down a heavy barrage, inflicting many casualties. Regardless of the heavy enemy fire, this officer reassured his men and then gallantly led them in a successful attack. This action took place when fighting alongside the American 27th Division.

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  General Orders No. 60, War Department, 1920
  

Home Town: England

Littlefield, Frank C.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank C. Littlefield, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, A.E.F., at Cornay, France, October 10, 1918. Corporal Littlefield was a member of a detachment which had been surrounded by the enemy and had fought for several hours against overwhelming odds. When the officer in charge was about to surrender to the enemy, this soldier refused to do so, and, dashing through severe machine-gun and rifle fire, succeeded in making his escape, though he was wounded in the face in so doing. Reporting to his company without delay, he remained on duty throughout the entire operation.

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  General Orders 87, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Winterport, Maine

Littlejohn, Kenneth S.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Kenneth S. Littlejohn, Captain (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 6th Engineers, 3d Division, A.E.F., in the Claires-Chenes Woods, France, October 20, 1918. Captain Littlejohn reorganized three Engineer companies after they had retired from the woods and by his personal example of daring and bravery successfully led his men against enemy machine guns. His gallant action resulted in the capture of the Claires Chenes Woods.

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  General Orders No. No. 137, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Nogales, Arizona

Livelsberger, George D.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George D. Livelsberger, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 316th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., north of Montfaucon, France, September 28, 1918. taking command of a platoon that had suffered severe losses from enemy machine-gun fire, Corporal Livelsberger led the platoon around the left flank of an enemy spur trench in which were planted several machine guns, and which was holding up the advance of our troops. He directed a charge upon the enemy crews of these guns and as a result the enemy gunners abandoned their guns, and those not killed retreated in disorder.

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  General Orders No. No. 14, War Department, 1928
  

Home Town: Edge Grove, Pennsylvania

Livermore, Russell B.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Russell B. Livermore, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F., near the Bois-de-Belleau, France, July 18, 1918. As his battalion was advancing across an open field, it came under fire from a hostile machine gun located in a strong enfilading position in a ravine. Hastily gathering a group of men from his platoon, Lieutenant Livermore led them in a charge on the nest and put it out of action, capturing eleven prisoners and saving his battalion many casualties.

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  General Orders 81, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Yonkers, New York

Llewellyn, Frank A.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank A. Llewellyn, Captain (Air Service), U.S. Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 99th Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., east of St. Die, France, August 17, 1918. Captain Llewellyn, acting as pilot, and Lieutenant Roland Neel, acting as observer, carried on successful liaison with the infantry during the attack on Frapelle. They flew over the enemy lines at an altitude of only 400 meters, firing on and disconcerting the enemy, and thereby giving courage and confidence to the American forces. Despite heavy fire from 15 antiaircraft machine guns and several batteries of antiaircraft artillery, they performed their work efficiently. Their aeroplane was struck by a number of machine-gun bullets, one of which cut the rudder and elevator control wires and caused the rudder to jam. The broken control wire was held and operated by Lieutenant Neel, under direction of Captain Llewellyn. Running the machine together in this manner, they continued their liaison work until the plane began to become unmanageable, when, in spite of its damaged condition, they brought it back to their airdrome.

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  General Orders No. No. 121, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois

Lloyd, Dale W.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dale W. Lloyd, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Exermont, France, October 5 - 11, 1918. Advancing with front line units, Private Lloyd established observation posts under heavy and continuous shell and machine-gun fire. Although suffering from wounds, he remained at his post and rendered valuable reports regarding the progress of the battle.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Marengo, Ohio

Lloyd, Wilfred

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wilfred Lloyd, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, A.E.F., near Fismes, France, August 4, 1918. Wounded while advancing under machine-gun fire, he showed highest devotion to duty by returning to his company as soon as he had obtained first-aid treatment. He crawled to a road, secured a pistol to replace the one he had lost when he was wounded, and joined a group which attacked a machine-gun nest, capturing the position and the machine gun.

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  General Orders No. No. 128, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Beloit, Wisconsin

Lockard, Dennis H.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dennis H. Lockard, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 2d Field Signal Battalion, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Exermont, France, October 5, 1918. Leading a detail through an intense bombardment, Sergeant Lockard kept in operation the telephone lines of regimental headquarters, thereby enabling his regimental commander to keep in touch with elements on the firing line.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Muncy, Pennsylvania

*Locke, Karl W.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Karl W. Locke, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Fifty-First Company, Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action at Chateau-Thierry, France, June 6, 1918. Killed in action, Corporal Locke gave the supreme proof of that extraordinary heroism which will serve as an example to hitherto untried troops.

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  General Order No. 110, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio

Locke, Raymond I.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Raymond I. Locke, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 129th Machine-Gun Battalion, 35th Division, A.E.F., at Varennes, France, September 26, 1918. Accompanied by another soldier, Sergeant Locke went through heavy fire and by skillful maneuvering located and captured an enemy 77-mm. gun, with part of its crew, which had been checking the advance of our troops.

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  General Orders 98, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Clinton, Missouri

*Loder, James C.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James C. Loder, Second Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918. Second Lieutenant Loder gallantly inspired his platoon to three vigorous and successful advances against machine-gun fire near Soissons, France, in the last of which he was killed.

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  General Orders No. No. 132, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Loescher, Frank B.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank B. Loescher, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 360th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, A.E.F., at Le Grand Carre Farm, France, November 1, 1918. Although wounded in the arm early in the attack, Sergeant Loescher continued to lead his platoon in the attack on a strong enemy position, and by the use of rifles, rifle grenades, and hand grenades, and after capturing several machine-gun nests, including one dugout containing 70 Germans, forced the entire strong point to yield, including two German companies armed with machine guns, which had been holding up the advance of the whole company.

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  General Orders No. 46, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Sealy, Texas

*Logan, Patton L.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Patton L. Logan, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 6th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, A.E.F., near Mon Plaisir Ferme, France, November 10, 1918. During the attack Captain Logan, at the head of an assaulting platoon, advanced under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire. He was seriously wounded and later lost his leg as a result of the wound, but refused evacuation and continued to direct the attack until darkness prevented further operations.

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  General Orders No. No. 3, War Department, 1935
  

Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

*Logue, Thomas

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Logue, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery D, 119th Field Artillery, 32d Division, A.E.F., near Montfaucon, France, September 29, 1918. Private Logue worked ceaselessly under heavy enemy shell fire, in carrying wounded comrades to the first aid station, until he was himself severely wounded.