Edward J. Mcnerney
Home Town: Lowell, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 74, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward J. McNerney, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Epieds, France, July 22, 1918. Sergeant McNerney, with one other soldier, went to the rescue of a wounded comrade, through a severe machine-gun fire at a direct range of only 350 yards, and carried the wounded man to safety.