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.