Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    7th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 5, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 103 (1919)

    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 James Lee O’Neal (ASN: 542093), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Sergy, France, 5 October 1918. When machine-gun and rifle fire was so heavy that his company commander would not order a runner out, Private O’Neal volunteered and carried messages from the regimental post of command to his company, making numerous trips under heavy machine-gun and shell fire, during the day and night.