Francis E. Hurley
Home Town: Maiden, MA
General Orders No. No. 129, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Francis E. Hurley, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the region of Grand Pont-Moulin Rouge, France, on the night of February 23, 1918. Corporal Hurley took part in a daring raid into the enemy’s lines He showed great valor and fearlessness, and particularly distinguished himself by leading the patrol into a German dugout, whose occupants had refused to surrender, and from which 16 prisoners were taken.
