The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private First Class James R. Carroll (ASN: 34706238), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in Germany, on 13 March 1945. During action near Serrig, Germany, Private Carroll gallantly led an assault team through intense hostile fire, placed a demolition charge at the base of a German pill box and forced the twelve occupants to surrender. When he and a comrade were wounded by fire from a second enemy emplacement, he disregarded his own wounds, crawled to the other man and administered first aid. While dragging the wounded soldier to safety he was attacked by three enemy riflemen but with dauntless heroism he killed one and forced the other two to carry his injured comrade to a friendly aid station. Private Carroll’s gallant intrepidity and selfless devotion to duty uphold the finest traditions of the military service.