Samuel Lemma

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel Lemma, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Belleau Wood, France, June 18, 1918. After being severely wounded in the leg, Private Lemma exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire in order to give medical attention to other wounded. His activities after being wounded caused a serious hemorrhage, which resulted in his death from loss of blood.