James A. Larson
Home Town: Blossburg, PA
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James A. Larson, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Malancourt, France, September 26, 1918. Corporal Larson, with another soldier from his platoon, outflanked a machine-gun in advance of our line, killed three of the crew and captured two others, together with the machine-gun.