James Hennessy
Home Town: Newark, NJ
General Orders 64, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James Hennessy, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Grand Pre, France, October 22, 1918. With all disregard for his own danger, Sergeant Hennessy crawled about 30 yards through a sweeping machine-gun fire, to the rescue of a wounded comrade. He was killed by a machine-gun bullet while administering aid to the wounded soldier.
