Lee R. Mcclelland
Home Town: Asheville, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lee R. McClelland, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ardeuil, France, September 30, 1918. While administering first-aid treatment to wounded soldiers on the field Sergeant McClelland received a painful wound on the leg, but without mentioning his injury he remained on duty caring for the wounded under shell fire until the regiment was relieved.