Stewart J. Mckendry
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 101, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Stewart J. McKendry, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, July 1, 1918. Private McKendry performed his duty of telephone line repairman with great bravery and promptness in spite of intense bombardment of the area where he had to work, going fearlessly and without waiting to be ordered when communication was broken.