John C. Paisley
Home Town: Gibsonville, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 60, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Paisley, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Belleau Wood, France, June 21, 1918. While leading his platoon against a machine-gun nest, Lieutenant Paisley encountered several enemy spies, who attempted to give him orders and confuse his men. He killed the officer in charge and several of the men and continued in the attack. Later in the day he was hit by a 37-millimeter shell and instantly killed.