James M. Walker

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James M. Walker, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Norroy, France, September 15, 1918. When his platoon had successfully reached its objective, Private First Class Walker was dispatched with a message to battalion headquarters, the journey being under intense fire for the whole distance. He not only delivered the message, but while returning assisted many other carriers by directing them to their proper destinations.