John S. Scott
Home Town: New Eagle, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John S. Scott, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France on July 20, 1918. When that portion of the line of which he was a part was violently attacked on July 20, 1918, near Soissons, Private Scott held his post and repulsed the enemy.