James L. Van Hoy
Home Town: Laurens, SC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James L. Van Hoy, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux Andigny, France, October 11, 1918. When his company was caught in a barrage, Private Van Hoy volunteered and carried a message to battalion headquarters, under direct observation by the enemy, through gas and terrific machine-gun and shell fire.