Cornelius O’Rourke

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Cornelius O’Rourke, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vieville-en-Haye, France, September 14, 1918. Seeing two wounded comrades lying exposed to heavy enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, he went out in disregard of all danger to himself and brought them in, one at a time, to a sheltered place, thus inspiring his men by his great dash and courage.