Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Converse
R.
Lewis
January 30, 1882

–

March 20, 1956

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    23d Infantry

    Action Date:

    June 14, 1904
    War Department, General Orders No. 111 (1919)

    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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Converse R. Lewis, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving with 23d Infantry, in action against hostile Moros on the Buluan River, island of Mindanao, 14 June 1904.