John J. O’Keefe

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John J. O’Keefe, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near the Bois-de-Harville, France, November 10, 1918. After all the officers of two of the companies of his battalion had become casualties, Sergeant O’Keefe rallied the men, who had become disorganized under the machine-gun fire, and led them forward toward the objective, displaying marked courage and leadership.