Henry Peter Lynch

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry Peter Lynch, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. Having been trapped in a shell hole with nine other men 50 yards in front of the line, Corporal Lynch crawled back to his company’s position through heavy enemy machine-gun fire and reported their predicament. He then organized a bombing party, led it against the hostile machine gun and put it out of action, thereby enabling his men to return safely to our line.