John K. Irons
Home Town: Steubenville, OH
General Orders No. No. 128, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John K. Irons, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois St. Claude, in the St. Mihiel salient, France, September 12, 1918. After being wounded in the foot by a machine-gun bullet and later in the leg by shrapnel, Corporal Irons continued in the advance of his squad all that day, without medical attention other than his own first aid, thereby displaying exceptional courage and devotion to duty.
