Daniel O’Connor

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel O’Connor, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Verdun, France, October 27, 1918. Encountering strong machine-gun nests while leading his platoon forward. Sergeant O’Connor ordered his men to take cover while he advanced alone, flanked the nest, and killed two of the enemy gunners, thereby enabling his platoon to resume the advance.