Leonard St. James
Home Town: Bay City, MI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 64, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leonard St. James, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 9, 1918. Private St. James repeatedly crossed an open area 500 meters wide under intense machine-gun fire in carrying messages to battalion headquarters. On one of his trips he came upon a wounded soldier, whom he took to the aid station, after administering first aid to him.