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 Corporal Lewis E. Lohmann (ASN: 1040424), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters, 3d Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 6th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Laneuville, France, 7 November 1918. Corporal Lohmann displayed fearless devotion to duty in maintaining telephone lines while his battalion was in action near Laneuville. On one occasion he voluntarily accompanied an officer, and under heavy fire, repaired a telephone line which was severed 15 times in two hours within a length of only one kilometer.