Thomas W. Fleming

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas W. Fleming, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne and Bantheville, France, October 14, 1918. When the advance was held up by fire from an enemy machine gun, Corporal Fleming, with utter disregard of personal danger, rushed out alone in the face of terrific machine-gun and shell fire, attacked the machine-gun nest, killing the gunner, capturing the four remaining members of the crew and bringing them back to our lines.