James W. Dorsey, Jr.
Home Town: Washington, DC
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James W. Dorsey, Jr., Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Brabant-sur-Meuse, France, October 26, 1918. Upon learning that a number of soldiers had been buried in a dugout struck by an enemy shell, Private Dorsey immediately of his own volition left shelter, organized a rescuing party, and went to their aid, fearlessly exposing himself to a heavy shell fire. To save others he gave his own life.
