Le Roy F. Whitney
Home Town: Auburn, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Le Roy F. Whitney, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 17, 1918. Voluntarily carrying messages under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, Corporal Whitney displayed great bravery and gallantry. In one instance he completed the mission of a runner who had been wounded and returned with very important information as to where the barrage would fall.