Larry L. Sale
Home Town: Homer, LA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Larry L. Sale, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne Forest, France, October 9, 1918. After all the platoon runners had been killed or wounded, Private Sale volunteered and carried an important message through heavy machine-gun and artillery barrage.