James Mcguire
Home Town: Newark, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James McGuire, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Talma Farm, France, October 23, 1918. Without regard for his own danger, Sergeant McGuire went to the rescue of a wounded comrade to the aid station, crossing and repressing an area swept by intense artillery and machine-gun fire, and under the direct observation of the enemy.