Daniel S. Mcsweeney

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel S. McSweeney, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ivoiry, France, September 27, 1918. Leaving a place of shelter, Sergeant McSweeney voluntarily crawled about 400 yards in advance of the front-line elements of his battalion and attempted to rescue a wounded officer. He then crossed an area swept by intense enemy machine-gun fire and attempted to capture an enemy machine gun which was causing heavy casualties in his company. While so engaged he was severely wounded by enemy fire.