Leo L. Ross
Home Town: Santa Barbara, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leo L. Ross, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, September 26, 1918. When the advance of his battalion was held up by an enemy machine-gun nest, Corporal Ross, in company with an officer, crossed the enemy wire, took the position, and captured four prisoners and two machine-guns. On the same day, accompanied by two other soldiers, he captured three machine-guns and 26 prisoners.