Francis B. Lowry

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Francis B. Lowry, Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Crepion, France, September 26, 1918. On September 26, while on a very important photographic mission, Lieutenant Lowry, with Lieutenant Kelty, pilot, realized the importance of the mission and chose to continue their course through a harassing antiaircraft barrage. A shell made a direct hit on the plane, brought it down in fragments and instantly killed Lieutenant Lowry.