James E. Mcfadden
Home Town: Cornplanter, PA
General Orders No. No. 24, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James E. McFadden, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918. Corporal McFadden, in command of a squad, defended his position on the banks of the Marne against powerful enemy attacks until all of his men had been killed or wounded and he himself wounded. He later reported to the platoon commander and acted as liaison agent, refusing to go to the rear to have his wound dressed.
