James P. Collins
Home Town: Newark, NJ
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James P. Collins, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 23, 1918. Upon his own initiative Sergeant Collins crossed an open field heavily swept by machine-gun fire, and, assisted by two other soldiers, carried to shelter his company commander, who had been mortally wounded.
