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 Sergeant James Bernard Lawless (ASN: 1764959), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Thiaucourt, France, 22 September 1918. During a raid Sergeant Lawless bayoneted the men at two enemy machine guns, which were firing upon our raiding party and put several others out of action with and grenades.