Doaley Mays
Home Town: Place, KY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 22, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Doaley Mays, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Connigis, France, July 15, 1918. Sergeant Mays, single-handed, operated a machine gun after the remainder of his squad had become casualties from enemy machine-gun fire. Although exposed to heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, he continued to fire his gun until assistance arrived.