Edmund Riordan
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. 6, W.D., 1932
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edmund Riordan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villers- sur-Fere, France, August 1, 1918. Private Riordan displayed unusual courage and bravery when, with utter disregard of his own personal danger, he left his shelter and went forward under heavy machine-gun and shell fire in an attempt to rescue a wounded comrade. In the performance of this heroic act he was instantly killed by a bursting shell.
