Doaley Mays

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Doaley Mays, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Connigis, France, July 15, 1918. Sergeant Mays, single-handed, operated a machine gun after the remainder of his squad had become casualties from enemy machine-gun fire. Although exposed to heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, he continued to fire his gun until assistance arrived.