James N. C. Richards
Home Town: Riverton, VA
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James N. C. Richards, Captain, U.S. Army, for valorous leadership throughout the attack near Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918. France. Captain Richards was killed while charging enemy machine-guns at the head of his command on July 19.
