James C. Loder
Home Town: Chattanooga, TN
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James C. Loder, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918. Second Lieutenant Loder gallantly inspired his platoon to three vigorous and successful advances against machine-gun fire near Soissons, France, in the last of which he was killed.
