John S. Simpson
Home Town: Ready, KY
General Orders No. No. 116, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John S. Simpson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Soissons sector, France, July 18, 1918. During the assault near Soissons, Sergeant Simpson, although severely wounded, continued in action for several hours, leading a group of men beyond and back of an enemy machine-gun emplacement in order to flank it and make the infantry advance at this point possible. He succeeded, but while engaged in this courageous duty he was killed.
