Leonard Lawrence Hoffman

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leonard Lawrence Hoffman, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 81st Company, 6th Machine-Gun Battalion, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Blanc Mont, France, October 5, 1918. Private Hoffman showed exceptional courage in volunteering and carrying an important message through a heavy machine- gun barrage, after another soldier met death in attempting to do so.

The Navy Cross is presented to Leonard Lawrence Hoffman, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 81st Company, 6th Machine-Gun Battalion, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Blanc Mont, France, October 5, 1918. Private Hoffman showed exceptional courage in volunteering and carrying an important message through a heavy machine-gun barrage, after another soldier met death in attempting to do so.