Lester Carson
Home Town: Clearfield, PA
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lester Carson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Fismette, France, August 11, 1918. After a runner had been killed trying to carry a message from Fismette to Fismes, Private Carson volunteered and successfully delivered a duplicate message over the same route through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire.
