Leo H. Dawson
Home Town: Denver, CO
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army Air Service
World War I
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leo H. Dawson, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Clery-le-Petit, France, November 4, 1918. Sighting four enemy planes (type Rumpler), Lieutenant Dawson immediately attacked, despite the numerical superiority of the enemy, and destroyed one of the group, whereupon the remaining three scattered and returned to their lines.
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army Air Service
World War I
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leo H. Dawson, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Hartennes, France, July 19, 1918. While on a voluntary patrol, Lieutenant Dawson encountered seven enemy monoplanes at an altitude of 2,000 meters. After a brief engagement his guns jammed, but, after repairing the jam in the air, and under heavy fire, he returned to the fight, shot down one of the enemy in flames and drove off the others
