Jesse Lumn
Home Town: Lyons, KS
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D. 1942
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jesse Lumn, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action with the enemy near Exermont, France, on September 29, 1918. Although he was wounded by machine gun bullets in both legs in the attack on Exermont, he refused to go to the rear and for more than 2 hours continued to carry ammunition to his gun in action, until he fell exhausted.