Benjamin James
Home Town: Brookline, MA
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Benjamin James, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in the action of April 21, 1918, at Seicheprey, France. When a shell struck the gunpit of a battery, although seriously wounded in the chest and legs by fragments, First Sergeant James immediately obtained stretchers for the other men, doing everything possible for their comfort until he fell. He declined medical attention until all others had been looked after, setting a splendid example of self-sacrifice.
