Leonard S. Banks
Home Town: Farnum, NE
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leonard S. Banks, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Foret- de-Fere, France, July 23, 1918. Badly wounded while on patrol Private Banks returned to his company to get assistance for wounded comrades. He then volunteered and led the first-aid men through heavy gas and shell bombardment to the place where his wounded comrades were.