The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private First Class James W. Dorsey, Jr. (ASN: 1270299), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 104th Field Signal Battalion, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Brabant-sur-Meuse, France, 26 October 1918. Upon learning that a number of soldiers had been buried in a dugout struck by an enemy shell, Private Dorsey immediately of his own volition left shelter, organized a rescuing party, and went to their aid, fearlessly exposing himself to a heavy shell fire. To save others he gave his own life.