Elmer E. Woomer

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elmer E. Woomer, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Chene Tondu, France, October 2, 1918. Leading a patrol to locate hidden machine-gun nests, Sergeant Woomer placed his men in advantageous positions and advanced alone to draw fire from the enemy strongholds. In the execution of his mission he was killed, but his heroic action saved the lives of many in the advance that followed.