Leslie Beaty

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leslie Beaty, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ribeauville, France, October 18, 1918. When enemy machine-gun fire was holding up the advance of the line, Private Beaty carried ammunition forward and aided a comrade to knock an enemy nest out of action and kill a sniper who was inflicting heavy losses on our troops.