Lester Carson
Home Town: Clearfield, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lester Carson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Fismette, France, August 11, 1918. After a runner had been killed trying to carry a message from Fismette to Fismes, Private Carson volunteered and successfully delivered a duplicate message over the same route through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire.