James Gottschalk
Home Town: Leetonia, OH
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James Gottschalk, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 14, 1918. Refusing to be evacuated after being seriously wounded, Private Gottschalk continued to carry messages through heavy machine-gun and shell fire. After becoming too weak to make trips by himself he guided another runner, and later assisted a wounded comrade to the rear, refusing any assistance for himself.
