Leo George Clarke
Home Town: Waukon, IA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leo George Clarke, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Remonville, France, November 5 – 10, 1918. Lieutenant Clarke set an example of bravery and self-sacrifice to his men during the period November 5 – 9. On November 10, while assembling his company, he discovered a wounded man lying in a place exposed to machine-gun fire, and, regardless of his own danger, carried him to a place of safety.
