Russell L. Plemons
Home Town: Lenoir City, Tennessee
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Russell L. Plemons, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ponchaux, France, October 7, 1918. After seeing two other soldiers killed while attempting to carry automatic-rifle ammunition through a heavy artillery and machine- gun barrage, Corporal Plemons volunteered for this dangerous mission and successfully accomplished it.
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
