Donald S. Mackay

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Donald S. Mackay, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sergy, France, July 26 – 30, 1918. In an effort to locate enemy machine-gun emplacements, Lieutenant Mackay constantly exposed himself to enemy fire and, while so doing, was severely wounded. During the entire five days of operations he led a scout group forward, locating nests that had been stubbornly resisting the progress of our troops and supplying the artillery with most valuable information, resulting in the destruction of the nests.