Leo H. Blume
Home Town: Rensselaer, NY
General Orders 64, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leo H. Blume, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Talma Farm, France, October 18, 1918. Private Blume volunteered to carry a message from his platoon across a zone of 200 yards swept by heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. He was seriously wounded while making the attempt to perform the mission and remained under this terrific fire for over two hours before it was possible to rescue him.
