Lawrence A. Morton
Home Town: Jeanette, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lawrence A. Morton, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Les Evaux, France, July 10, 1918. After being badly wounded, Private Morton continued to perform his duties as runner at a relay post on the front line under heavy machine-gun fire.