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 Sergeant James Hennessey (ASN: 1750394), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Grand Pre, France, 22 October 1918. With all disregard for his own danger, Sergeant Hennessy crawled about 30 yards through a sweeping machine-gun fire, to the rescue of a wounded comrade. He was killed by a machine-gun bullet while administering aid to the wounded soldier.