John B. Mayes, Jr.
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John B. Mayes, Jr., Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Captain Mayes, with nine other soldiers, comprising his company headquarters detachment, cleaned out enemy dugouts along the banks of a canal, capturing 242 prisoners.
