Eugene W. Wear
Born: at Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Hazelton, Pennsylvania
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Marine Corps
World War I
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eugene W. Wear, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 49th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action on June 6, 1918, in the vicinity of Chateau-Thierry, France. With a private, Corporal Wear went into an open field under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and succeeded in bandaging and carrying back to our lines a wounded comrade.
Navy Cross
U.S. Marine Corps
World War I
The Navy Cross is presented to Eugene W. Wear, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 49th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action on June 6, 1918, in the vicinity of Chateau-Thierry, France. With a private, Corporal Wear went into an open field under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and succeeded in bandaging and carrying back to our lines a wounded comrade.
