John Mcintyre
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John McIntyre, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cheppy, France, September 26, 1918. While a member of a platoon of wire-cutters, Sergeant McIntyre, with another sergeant, attacked and captured an enemy machine-gun nest that was holding up our advance. One officer, six men and two guns were taken, in the face of intense machine-gun fire.