John J. Kearney
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 143, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John J. Kearney, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Marcheville, France, September 26, 1918. When liaison with the front line companies had been completely broken and several runners had failed to reach them, Private Kearney successfully carried a message through an intense machine-gun and artillery barrage, returning with important information
