Lee R. Mcclelland

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lee R. McClelland, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ardeuil, France, September 30, 1918. While administering first-aid treatment to wounded soldiers on the field Sergeant McClelland received a painful wound on the leg, but without mentioning his injury he remained on duty caring for the wounded under shell fire until the regiment was relieved.