John C. Duffy
Home Town: New Bern, SC
General Orders No. No. 130, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Duffy, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landersbach, Alsace, October 4, 1918. During an attack by a German raiding party of about 300 men, Second Lieutenant Duffy took command of a post where the five men manning it had been killed or wounded by liquid fire. By his coolness and fearless exposure of himself he was able to hold the post with a small reinforcement. After the raid he removed some 20 grenades which had become dangerously hot, due to the fire, and were about to explode.
