Andrew B. Lynch

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Andrew B. Lynch, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Apremont, France, September 29, 1918. Sergeant Lynch was on duty with a section operating 37-millimeter guns. Under orders he moved the guns to the rear, and then learning that his commanding officer had been taken prisoner, he, with another soldier, organized a party of five, attacked the enemy patrol numbering 35, and killed 15 of them, personally rescuing his commanding officer and capturing three prisoners. Immediately afterwards he took command of 75 men and launched a counterattack, driving the enemy before them for over a kilometer, His conduct exemplified the greatest courage, judgment, and leadership.