James Mcguire, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James McGuire, Jr., Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 17, 1918. With exceptional gallantry, Private McGuire voluntarily went out into an area swept by heavy machine-gun fire to rescue a wounded sergeant, and succeeded in carrying the latter a considerable distance through heavy fire to a first-aid station.