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  General Orders 66, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan

Lohmann, Lewis E.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lewis E. Lohmann, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 3d Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 6th Division, A.E.F., near Laneuville, France, November 7, 1918. Corporal Lohmann displayed fearless devotion to duty in maintaining telephone lines while his battalion was in action near Laneuville. On one occasion he voluntarily accompanied an officer, and under heavy fire, repaired a telephone line which was severed 15 times in two hours within a length of only one kilometer.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Pekin, Illinois

Loken, Clarence

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clarence Loken, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, A.E.F., near Beaufort, France, November 4, 1918. Private Loken was engaged as a runner and made several trips through heavy bombardment from the front line to the support battalion. Even, after his equipment had been riddled by shell fragments, he continued, maintaining liaison between these two points.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Morris, Wisconsin

Lomonaco, Frank

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Lomonaco, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, November 4 - 5, 1918. In the performance of his duties as runner Private Lomonaco made repeated journeys across areas swept by machine-gun fire, but he never hesitated in the execution of his mission. On the firing line he was of most valuable assistance in destroying a counterattack.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York

Lonadier, Jules

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jules Lonadier, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., near Bayonville, France, November 1 - 7, 1918. Private Lonadier, a company runner, displayed exceptional courage in repeatedly passing through heavy enemy fire and delivering all messages entrusted to him. in a prompt and efficient manner.

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  General Orders 87, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Trichell, Louisiana

Long, Arthur S.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur S. Long, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Hill 272, France, October 9, 1918. Facing direct fire from a 77-mm. gun which was enfilading his company, Private Long advanced against the gun with an automatic rifleman. Attacking the German gun position, he captured the crew, making it possible for his company to hold the ground it had gained.

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  General Orders 71, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Roberts, Montana

*Long, Frank S.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank S. Long, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., near Fleville, France, October 5, 1918. Haying been wounded in the side by shrapnel while caring for wounded men of his platoon, Lieutenant Long refused to be evacuated, but returned from the dressing station to his command. While withdrawing his platoon to a better position under heavy barrage he was instantly killed by shell fire. His courage and self-sacrifice furnished a splendid inspiration to his men.

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  General Orders 95, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Burlington, Iowa

Long, Milton E.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Milton E. Long, Second Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., at Cunel Heights, France, October 12, 1918. After being severely wounded by a machine-gun bullet, Lieutenant Long displayed exceptional courage and determination by remaining with his platoon, moving it forward and clearing the woods of enemy machine guns, three of which he captured with their entire crews.

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  General Orders 98, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Columbus, Georgia

Longfield, Simon E.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Simon E. Longfield, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-Clerembauts, France, June 7, 1918. Even after having been seriously wounded, Corporal Longfield continued with his duties as runner throughout the whole night, after which he was ordered to the rear because of weakness, caused by loss of blood.

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  General Orders No. 108, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Hartford, Connecticut

Longowski, Joseph

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Longowski, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-du-Fays, France, October 4, 1918. Under heavy fire, while performing a mission as battalion runner, Private Longowski encountered an enemy patrol of four men and, forcing them to surrender, brought them to the rear.

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  General Orders 71, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Winona, Minnesota

Loomis, Casey V.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Casey V. Loomis, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Seventy-Third Company, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near Thiaucourt, France, September 15, 1918. During an enemy counterattack Corporal Loomis voluntarily left a sheltered position, and, in entire disregard of his own safety, set up his gun in the open under heavy enemy fire. By securing enfilading fire on the advancing enemy, he broke up the counterattack within one hundred yards of our line.

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  General Order No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Loomis, John H.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John H. Loomis, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, A.E.F., near Grand Pre, France, October 28, 1918. Corporal Loomis volunteered to lead a three-man patrol on a reconnaissance of enemy positions. After one of his men had been wounded, he continued on with the other one and gained the information sought. Being wounded on the return trip by fire from machine guns, he was forced to remain under cover until night, when he located his other wounded man and returned under cover of darkness with valuable information.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Attica, New York

Loomis, John S.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John S. Loomis, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 132d Machine-Gun Battalion, 36th Division, A.E.F., near St. Etienne, France, October 10, 1918. During an attack to straighten the front of the 71st Brigade, Lieutenant Loomis, in command of a machine-gun platoon, upon arriving at the objective, discovered that all of the infantry officers in the vicinity had fallen, thus leaving their troops in confusion. Although under a heavy barrage of high explosive and gas shells, machine-gun and rifle fire, Lieutenant Loomis removed his gas mask in order that his voice might carry, and, with great coolness, reorganized the infantry forces, thus enabling them to hold the ground they had gained. Lieutenant Loomis remained in command until he was so severely gassed that he had to be carried from the field.

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  General Orders 81, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Dallas, Texas

Lorans, Maroel

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Maroel Lorans, Captain of Infantry, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 42d Division, A.E.F. (Attached), during the Battle of the Ourcq, July 26 to August 2, 1918. Captain Lorans remained constantly in the front line, attaching himself to one battalion after another as they in turn came into the fight, and by his energy and gallantry under fire setting a splendid example to the officers and soldiers of the regiment.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: France

Lord, Ernest G.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ernest G. Lord, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 15th Machine-Gun Battalion, 5th Division, A.E.F., at Frapelle, France, August 17, 1918. Private Lord, although wounded severely early in the action and suffering great pain, refused to quit his squadron, but advanced with it until its objective was reached.

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  General Orders No. 15, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Toledo, Ohio

*Loring, David Worth

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to David Worth Loring, Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 115th Machine-Gun Battalion, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Ypres, Belgium, August 23, 1918. When his gun positions were rendered untenable by shell fire, and his men were ordered to seek shelter in dugouts, Lieutenant Loring left a place of safety for the purpose of seeing that all his men were under cover and was mortally wounded by a shell, dying on his way to the hospital.

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  General Orders No. 32, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Wilmington, North Carolina

Loriot, Jean J.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jean J. Loriot, Sergeant, French Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving as Pilot, 151st Escadrille, French Air Service, near St. Mihiel, France, September 14, 1918. Sergeant Loriot, on patrol, met and was attacked by a large number of enemy planes (Fokker type) and, in the course of the combat, his motor and plane were severely damaged. By clever maneuvering he managed to elude the enemy planes and land safely behind the American lines.

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  General Orders 81, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: France

Losco, Patrick

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Patrick Losco, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., near Beaumont, France, November 5, 1918. As a runner Private Losco showed absolute disregard for personal danger in carrying messages across areas swept by artillery and machine-gun fire, maintaining liaison between his company and battalion commander.

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  General Orders No. No. 16, War Department, 1920
  

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York

Lotspiech, Orr V.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Orr V. Lotspiech, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Eighty-Second Company, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near Vierzy, France, July 19, 1918. While passing through an unusual barrage of artillery fire and machine-guns, Private Lotspiech had his leg broken by a bullet. Undaunted, he dragged himself to the post of command and reported to his company commander that his mission had been completed, thus saving the dispatch of another runner.

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  General Order No. 46, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Booneville, Missouri

Lott, John H.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John H. Lott, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., near St. Agnan, France, July 16, 1918, Two different times Corporal Lott preceded his platoon into enemy wire under fire, cut a path for it, and returned and led it through the gaps thus made.

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  General Orders No. No. 109, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Waycross, Georgia

Loucks, Clifford C.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clifford C. Loucks, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 112th Engineers, 37th Division, A.E.F., near Heuvel, Belgium, November 2, 1918. Private Loucks, with two other soldiers crossed the Scheldt River after two attempts and succeeded in stretching a line for a bridge across the stream. They were discovered and fired upon by the enemy, but they continued at work driving stakes and made a second trip across the river to obtain wire, despite the fact that a violent artillery barrage had been laid down on their position.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: East Cleveland, Ohio

Lough, Maxon S.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Maxon S. Lough, Major (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Romagne, France, October 9, 1918. Although severely wounded, Major Lough continued to lead his battalion to his objective and refused to be evacuated until his battalion was relieved.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Fargo, North Dakota

*Loughlin, Joseph J.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph J. Loughlin, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 322d Infantry Regiment, 81st Division, A.E.F., near Moranville, France, November 9, 1918. At the sacrifice of his own life Captain Loughlin went forward through heavy machine-gun fire to locate a nest of machine-guns which was holding up the advance of the regiment. He located the machine-guns so that the one-pounders could silence them, but was killed by the enemy machine-gun fire.

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  General Orders No. 32, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Wilmington, North Carolina

*Love, Charles J.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles J. Love, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, A.E.F., near Bois- du-Fays, France, October 5, 1918. Volunteering for a dangerous liaison mission, Private Love went out alone, crossing an open space for 400 yards, which was swept by heavy machine-gun fire. Going far in advance of our lines he obtained the desired information and brought back a German prisoner. He was killed later in the performance of duty, by shell fire.

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  General Orders 71, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Boonville, New York

Lovelace, David H.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to David H. Lovelace, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. His left arm having been rendered useless by a shrapnel wound, Private Lovelace continued to carry ammunition with his other arm until the objective was reached, when, against his protests, he was ordered to the rear for medical treatment.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Jonesville, North Carolina

Lowe, John C.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Lowe, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, A.E.F., near Leeuwken, Belgium, October 31, 1918. With three other soldiers, Corporal Lowe skillfully worked his way under heavy fire to the Sank of a machine-gun nest, which was holding up the advance of his platoon with enfilading fire, killed six Germans and captured three machine-guns.

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  General Orders 64, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Long Beach, California

Lowe, Thurman

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thurman Lowe, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 52d Infantry Regiment, 6th Division, A.E.F., near Munster, Alsace, September 12 - 13, 1918. In repulsing a raid on our trenches, Sergeant Lowe seized an automatic rifle and pursued the Germans across “No Man’s Land,” in the face of converging fire of several enemy machine-guns.

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  General Orders No. 23, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Boma, Tennessee

Lowe, William O.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William O. Lowe, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Cunel, Verdun Sector, France, October 7, 1918 while attached as an Observer with the 90th Aero Squadron, 3d Observation Group, U.S. Army Air Service. Second Lieutenant William Lowe, while staking the advance lines of the 80th Division, was suddenly attacked by a formation of eight enemy machines (Fokker type), which dived out of a cloud bank. Although greatly outnumbered. Lieutenant Lowe succeeded in shooting down one out of control and disabling a second so that it was forced to land. Later, on the same mission, he was again attacked by a patrol of five enemy scout machines, and in a running fight he drove these off and successfully completed his mission.

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  General Order No. 15, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Knoxville, Tennessee

*Lowry, Francis B.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Francis B. Lowry, Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery), U.S. Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 91st Aero Squadron (Attached), Coast Artillery Corps, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Crepion, France, September 26, 1918. On September 26, while on a very important photographic mission, Lieutenant Lowry, with Lieutenant Kelty, pilot, realized the importance of the mission and chose to continue their course through a harassing antiaircraft barrage. A shell made a direct hit on the plane, brought it down in fragments and instantly killed Lieutenant Lowry.

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  General Orders No. 21, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Denver, Colorado

Loyd, Louis H.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis H. Loyd, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, A.E.F., near Beaufort, France, November 4, 1918. Despite the fact that severe wounds made it impossible for him to take along his automatic rifle, Private Loyd continued in the advance of the company. Again wounded, he refused evacuation, continuing with his comrades until the objective was reached.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Oakville, Missouri

Loyd, Samuel A.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel A. Loyd, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, A.E.F., north of Verdun, France, October 15 & 23, 1918. After being severely gassed, Sergeant Loyd continued to advance with his company, in spite of suffering great pain. On October 23, when his company was under heavy flanking fire from machine-guns, this soldier rescued several wounded men and administered first-aid treatment.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Lynchburg, Virginia

*Lubeck, Tony

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tony Lubeck, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918, while engaged on a mission to kill an enemy sniper who was inflicting severe losses upon American forces. After succeeding in his mission, Private Lubeck, himself, was killed.

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  General Orders No. 99, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois

Lucas, Eugene L. E.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eugene L. E. Lucas, Sergeant, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 15th Regiment, French Infantry, Army of France, near Apremont, France, September 12, and near Bois-de-Handreuvilles Bas, France, September 16, 1918. On September 12, the eve of the attack on Apremont, Sergeant Lucas alone reconnoitered the enemy lines and by exposing himself to machine-gun fire was able to supply his battalion commander with accurate information as to the position of these strongholds. On September 16, aiding some French and American soldiers in attack, he successfully routed superior numbers of the enemy after a lively bayonet encounter.

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  General Orders 62, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: France

Lucia, Arthur A.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur A. Lucia, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 4th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Le Channel, France, July 27, 1918. Private Lucia volunteered to carry an important message through a heavy artillery barrage, after several other runners had reported that they could not get through. He succeeded in his mission.