Joseph D. Cassidy
Home Town: Pekin, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph D. Cassidy, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, November 1, 1918. After three members of his gun crew had been wounded during heavy enemy shell fire, Sergeant Cassidy, alone, continued to keep his gun in action. Later, after reorganizing his section, he administered first-aid treatment to the wounded men.