John E. Mitchell
Home Town: Cedarhurst, Long Island,, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John E. Mitchell, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne-a-Arnes, France, October 3, 1918. Displaying utter disregard for his personal safety, Lieutenant Mitchell led his platoon through an extremely heavy machine-gun and artillery barrage, and destroyed several enemy machine-gun nests. He was later killed while making a reconnaissance.