Daniel H. Mahar
Home Town: Newark, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel H. Mahar, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 18, 1918. Corporal Mahar courageously led several attacks on enemy machine-gun nests. . Later in the day he attacked single-handed two enemy snipers, killing one and driving off the other.