James E. Rutherford

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James E. Rutherford, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 12, 1918. At a critical moment during a hostile counterattack, Private Rutherford single-handed mounted a machine-gun, under heavy enemy fire, and operated it at close range against the advancing enemy, repulsing the counterattack by his bravery.