John J. Farrell
Home Town: Put in Bay, MI
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John J. Farrell, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Remonville, France, November 1, 1918. When the combat group of which he was a member was held up by machine-gun fire of the enemy, Private Farrell left the group and, crawling around to the flank of the nest, charged with his bayonet. The enemy surrendered and his comrades took the gun, after which the advance continued. Private Farrell was so seriously wounded during the combat that he died before he could be removed from the field.
