Joseph S. Leeb
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph S. Leeb, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, October 3, 1918. Private First Class Leeb voluntarily and unhesitatingly left shelter under heavy shell fire and without thought of personal danger, rendered first aid, and carried a wounded comrade to a place of safety.
