Lynn Mccracken
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Home Town: Manilla, IA
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General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lynn McCracken, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 4, 1918. During a heavy enemy counterattack Private McCracken conveyed important information through a heavy enemy artillery barrage to and advanced machine-gun platoon of his company. By dashing from shell hole to shell hole, exposed to heavy fire, he accomplished his mission in ample time.