James K. Stinson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James K. Stinson, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Marcheville, France, September 26, 1918. Private First Class Stinson showed exceptional coolness and courage in voluntarily laying and repairing telephone lines under a violent bombardment. Later, when all other wires had been cut, he succeeded in tapping in on lines and putting through a call for a barrage.