James A. Sheret
Home Town: Albion, NY
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James A. Sheret, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. During the operations against the Hindenburg line on September 29, Sergeant Sheret displayed exceptional bravery in several single- handed attacks on enemy positions. After rushing two hostile posts and killing the occupants with his revolver, Sergeant Sheret attacked four of the enemy in a machine-gun position, killing one of them before he was himself surrounded and killed by the other three.
