John H. Mace
Home Town: Liberty, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John H. Mace, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, September 28, 1918. Sergeant Mace volunteered to lead a detachment to attack a machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance of his battalion. Although severely wounded, he carried the position, killing the enemy gun crew and capturing the machine-gun.