James J. Murphy
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James J. Murphy, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, October 4, 1918. On October 4. while his company with two battalions of the 308th Infantry were surrounded by the enemy in the Forest of Argonne, Corporal Murphy rushed through a severe machine-gun and shell fire for a distance of 75 yards and carried a severely wounded comrade to a place of safety.