The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant Lawrence M. Lumpkin (ASN: 236436), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Pack Train No. 1, Quartermaster Corps, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Exermont, France, 4 October 1918. Sergeant Lumpkin conducted his pack train, loaded with wire, through the enemy’s counter barrage, over high, open ground, under direct observation of the enemy. Five of his ten mules were killed, but he managed to make a second trip and bring up enough wire to finish the line.