Luman K. Sanford
Home Town: Endicott, NY
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Luman K. Sanford, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 14 – 15, 1918. During a heavy shelling Private Sanford continued to repair broken telephone lines, which were constantly being severed by shell fire, until he was killed by an enemy shell.
