John J. Madore

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John J. Madore, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 9, 1918. Private Madore volunteered to carry a message to an advance squad through heavy machine-gun fire. After delivering the message and administering first-aid treatment to wounded men in the squad, he crawled up to the nearest enemy machine gun and put it out of action with a hand grenade.