Marvin James Menefee
Home Town: Luray, VA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Marvin James Menefee, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Molleville Farm, France, October 12, 1918, while in charge of a 37-mm. gun section in advance of the assaulting troops, Lieutenant Menefee displayed unusual courage by operating the gun himself after his gunners had been killed, thereby reducing a machine-gun nest which had been holding up the line.