John Mclaughlin
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Home Town: Wards Island, NY
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General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John McLaughlin, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sedan, France, November 7, 1918. After ten of the 16 men of his patrol had been wounded and others scattered by machine-gun fire, Corporal McLaughlin, with two other soldiers, continued on his mission. He located six guns and returned with valuable information, which was turned over to the troops relieving his regiment. This mission was carried out under continuous machine-gun fire.