Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

1st Sergeant

Unit:

Company D, 2nd Ranger Battalion, Provisional Ranger Group, V Corps, First Army, U.S. Army

Awarded on:

June 20th, 1944

Awarded for:

Operation Neptune

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Leonard G. Lomell (32269677), First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company D, 2d Ranger Infantry Battalion, in action against enemy forces on 6 June 1944, in France. First Sergeant Lomell led a patrol of men through the heaviest kind of automatic weapons fire to destroy an enemy machine gun nest. Later on the same day, while leading another patrol, he penetrated through the enemy lines to the rear and discovered five enemy 155-mm. guns which were shelling the beachhead. Though these guns were well-guarded, nevertheless he gallantly led his patrol against the enemy and successfully destroyed the guns as well as the ammunition supply. First Sergeant Lomell's bold and outstanding leadership in the face of superior numbers is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.

HQ First U.S. Army, GO 28, June 20th 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Received this second Purple Heart as his first Oak Leaf Cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Received this third Purple Heart as a second Oak Leaf Cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first.