John Doherty
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Doherty, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Les Franquettes Farm, France, July 23, 1918. After his company had withdrawn, Sergeant Doherty remained for five hours in an open field, swept by machine-gun fire, with his company commander, who was seriously wounded; carrying him to a dressing station after darkness had set in.
