Leroy G. Cronkhite

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leroy G. Cronkhite, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Binarville, France, September 28, 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire, Lieutenant Cronkhite went forward to within hand grenade range of the enemy lines and brought back to shelter a soldier who had been severely wounded. Later in the day he went out alone and located a dangerous machine-gun nest which was thereupon destroyed. Although wounded, Lieutenant Cronkhite refused to be evacuated until October 1, when he was ordered to the hospital by the battalion commander.