Lee O. Prescott
Home Town: Lansing, MI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lee O. Prescott, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at St. Gilles, near Fismes, France, August 4, 1918. Private Prescott with other soldiers made frequent trips to maintain telephone communication between battalion and regimental headquarters during a destructive enemy bombardment. All other lines had been destroyed. As this line was used by both infantry and artillery for a communication with the rear, it was of the utmost importance that it be maintained.