James Pryn King
Home Town: Hillsboro, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 19, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James Pryn King, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye, France, October 10, 1918. While in command of a machine-gun platoon attached to the 131st Infantry, Lieutenant King, by personal reconnaissance established machine-gun and automatic-rifle outposts. During a threatened counterattack he exposed himself to point-blank fire and walked from outpost to outpost reassuring his men.