Edward Chaney
Home Town: Smith, VA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward Chaney, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sommauthe, France, November 4, 1918. Private Chaney crawled in front of the line under heavy machine-gun fire and carried a wounded soldier to safety.