Lewis B. Mclawhon
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 102, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lewis B. McLawhon, Saddler, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, on June 6, 1918. While attached to the headquarters of a machine-gun company of the Infantry, Saddler McLawhon made eight trips as a runner to and from advance platoons. He showed heroic coolness in the face of machine- gun fire and absolute fearlessness in the execution of his work.