Patrick F. Fleming
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
Status: KIA
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Patrick F. Fleming, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Oderon, Alsace, July 12, 1918. Private Fleming bravely attempted to pick up and throw away a live grenade that had fallen among five soldiers, but because of irregularities of the trench he could not reach it before it burst. He thrust his foot on it, thereby saving his companions from death or injury but causing wounds that necessitated amputation of the foot.
