James H. Holmes, Jr.
Home Town: Charleston, SC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James H. Holmes, Jr., Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18 – 19, 1918. After having bravely led his company in three attacks in two days near Soissons, France, Captain Holmes was killed in a fourth attack, while charging an enemy machine-gun.