Lawrence A. Vizenor

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lawrence A. Vizenor, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-du-Fays, France, October 8, 1918. Private Vizenor was a member of a reconnaissance patrol which encountered such intense fire from an enemy machine-gun nest that part of the patrol was driven back. Despite the heavy fire, he and another soldier, with an officer, continued forward and secured the information for which they were sent. The officer was mortally wounded, but Private Vizenor and his comrade silenced the machine-gun nest by effective rifle fire, carried the wounded officer to the rear, and reported their valuable information concerning the enemy’s position.