Eddie J. Parent
Home Town: Brunswick, ME
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eddie J. Parent, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 10, 1918. While his company was suffering severe losses from an enemy machine-gun, Private Parent, unaided, crawled forward and silenced the gun.