James G. Haverfield
Home Town: Tiltonsville, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James G. Haverfield, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Olsene, Belgium, October 31, 1918. Sergeant Haverfield advanced alone under heavy machine-gun fire and killed two and captured three, also two machine-guns of the enemy, who were delivering effective machine-gun fire on the attacking wave of his company and delaying its progress.