Orum Lee
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Orum Lee, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, September 27, 1918. Sergeant Lee, with an officer and noncommissioned officer, advanced 200 yards beyond the objective of the patrol in the face of heavy machine-gun fire and captured three 77-millimeter fieldpieces and two light machine guns.
