John J. Kennedy

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John J. Kennedy, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Courmont, France, July 29, 1918, Learning that two of his men were lying wounded in an exposed position in front of our lines, he went forward alone, facing heavy fire, to their rescue. After carrying one of the wounded men back to our lines, he was confronted by a German upon his return. Picking up a rifle of the wounded man he had come to rescue, he shot the German, and then completed his mission of rescue.