John H. Mcneece

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John H. McNeece, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Houppy Bois, north of Verdun, France, October 23, 1918. On duty as a runner, Private McNeece repeatedly carried messages under the heaviest shell and machine-gun fire. He also performed heroic service in carrying wounded soldiers to shelter and administering first aid. Though he was almost exhausted, he voluntarily went to the rear under heavy artillery fire and procured food, which he brought back and distributed among his comrades in the shell holes.