Byron S. Fegeley
Home Town: Hamburg, NJ
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Byron S. Fegeley, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, October 1, 1918. After having been rendered unconscious for two hours by an exploding shell, Private Fegeley, upon recovering consciousness, continued to administer first aid to the wounded. Later, while carrying a severely wounded man to safety, he was fatally wounded by a shell fragment.
