Lee Trimmer

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lee Trimmer, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villers-devant-Mouzon, France, November 7, 1918. After being relieved from duty as a cart driver at his own request, Private Trimmer volunteered and made individual patrols. He located two machine-guns by exposing himself and drawing their fire. His exceptional bravery resulted in the destruction of a machine-gun and the dispersion of its crew.