James M. Tillery
Home Town: Knoxville, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James M. Tillery, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montbrehain, France, October 8, 1918. On October 8, near Montbrehain, although wounded, Sergeant Tillery took charge of a platoon whose leader had become a casualty, leading it in the advance until he received another wound, which later proved fatal.