James Mahoney
Home Town: Waterbury, CT
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 27, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James Mahoney, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 15, 1918. Private Mahoney upon three occasions exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire in attempting to work through the enemy lines to carry a message to a group which, due to enemy infiltration, had become isolated. Although mortally wounded, he insisted upon being carried to regimental headquarters in order to make a report of the information obtained.