John C. Duncan

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Duncan, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Remonville, France, November 1, 1918. In command of the leading group of his platoon, he encountered a machine-gun nest, containing six guns, about one hundred feet ahead of him. After opening fire on the enemy position, the automatic gunner and carrier of his group were shot. Corporal Duncan then took the automatic rifle and, running forward into the enemy fire shot and took prisoner the German machine-gun crews.