Lansing Mcvickar

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lansing McVickar, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Very, France, October 4, 1918. Lieutenant McVickar volunteered and took forward a gun to the aid of the infantry under most hazardous circumstances. Despite the loss of two horses and the wounding of several of his men, he continued until he encountered an enemy barrage, from which it was necessary to take cover. He exposed himself to the barrages on five different occasions to bring in wounded men.