Lawrence E. Rue

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lawrence E. Rue, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye, France, October 9, 1918. Sergeant Rue had led his platoon to its objective, when orders were received to shift the line in preparation for a hostile counterattack. He thereupon opened fire with an automatic rifle and remained behind, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire until the last man of his platoon had reached the newly designated line.