James M. Ellington
Home Town: Oxford, NC
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James M. Ellington, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Severely wounded in an attack Lieutenant Ellington refused to stop for first aid, leading his men forward under heavy fire. When after several hours fighting, he was ordered to the rear by his battalion commander, he returned to the front line after having his wound dressed, directing the work of reorganizing his command and consolidating the position that had been won.
