Private JAMES K. FAISON, U.S.Army, with the Medical Detachment, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F. Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James K. Faison, Private, U.S.Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux-Andigny, France, October 13-17, 1918. During the advance in the vicinity of Vaux-Andigny, Private James K. Faison for four days and four nights worked unceasingly dressing the wounded and gave them food and water. On five different occasions, he went out over ground swept by enemy shell and machine-gun fire to rescue the wounded, at times within 100 yards and in direct view of the enemy positions.

Mr. Faison resided in South Carolina.