James W. Collier
Home Town: Hot Springs, AR
General Orders No. No. 35, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James W. Collier, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 6, 1918. Private Collier voluntarily went forward and made his way to the enemy front lines to locate hostile artillery firing at short range on our batteries. While on this mission, he was seriously wounded by machine-gun fire.
