Lester Fossie
Home Town: Metropolis, IL
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lester Fossie, Supply Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Ferme- de-la-Riviere, France, October 5, 1918. A messenger having been wounded by an enemy sniper in the open between the lines, Sergeant Fossie immediately went to his rescue, and brought him into the company head quarters over ground swept by machine-gun and sniper fire.
