Los Angeles County CA Archives Military Records.....Allen, Leslie 1918
WWI 364th Infantry, Co. K
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
  Leslie Allen, corporal, Company K, 364th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in
action near Eclisfontaine, France, September 28, 1918. Responding to a call for
volunteers, Corpl. Allen, with five others, advanced 400 yards beyond their front to
bring in wounded comrades. They succeeded in rescuing seven of their men and also in
bringing in the dead body of a lieutenant while exposed to terrific machine-gun
fire. Residence at enlistment: Box No. 85, Hawthorne, Calif.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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