John R. Feegal
Home Town: Meriden, CT
General Orders No. No. 125, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John R. Feegal, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, July 20, 1918. When his company was held up by a machine gun Lieutenant Feegal went ahead under fire alone and killed the machine-gun operator with his pistol, thereby enabling his company to continue the advance.
