James J. Towell
Home Town: Belfast, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James J. Towell, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. With remarkable bravery Private To well carried an important message through heavy enemy artillery and machine-gun fire. Later in the same day, he again demonstrated a spirit of self-sacrifice by going out under heavy fire and bringing in a wounded comrade. In so doing he was twice wounded by a sniper.