Leroy E. Simmers
Home Town: Wilmington, DE
General Orders No. 27, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leroy E. Simmers, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Haumont, France, October 11, 1918. Private Simmers, a stretcher bearer, gave proof of great courage and unhesitating devotion to duty under heavy shell fire by assisting three wounded soldiers to a place of safety, he himself being wounded while so doing. After receiving first aid he returned to the shell-swept area and continued in the work of rescuing the wounded.
