Joseph A. O’Leary
Home Town: East St. Louis, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 74, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph A. O’Leary, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Epinonville, France, October 7, 1918. Corporal O’Leary left shelter and volunteered as a stretcher bearer, making frequent trips to and from gun positions under heavy fire until he was killed by an enemy shell.