Henry Leslie Eddy
Home Town: New Britain, CT
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry Leslie Eddy, Second Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chateau-Thierry, France, June 4, 1918. Second Lieutenant Eddy, U.S. Army, while attached to 82d Company, 6th Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps, gave the supreme proof of that extraordinary heroism which will serve as an example to hitherto untried troops.
