Lynn H. Harriman
Home Town: Concord, NH
General Orders No. 88, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lynn H. Harriman, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Humbert Plantation, France, May 27, 1918, while in command of his platoon. Second Lieutenant Hariman was viciously attacked by the enemy in greatly superior numbers. He led his men with determination and great courage, and himself stopped their advance in a side trench. He was mortally wounded but continued to fight on, calling upon and encouraging his men and participating with them in driving the enemy off.
