John T. Courtney
Home Town: Waltham, MA
General Orders No. No. 109, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John T. Courtney, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at St. Agnant, France, April 10, 1918. Sergeant Courtney displayed courage, coolness, and the spirit of self-sacrifice, when he obtained permission to leave shelter and went through a shell-swept area to bring in wounded, carrying one wounded man more than 50 yards under heavy shell fire.
