John J. Crowley
Home Town: Mohawk, NY
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John J. Crowley, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. When the advance of his platoon was checked by perilously heavy machine-gun fire, from the direct front, Sergeant Crowley, after ordering his men to cover, advanced alone and bombed the gun out of action. After successfully leading his platoon to one of the furthermost points of the advance, he was killed.
