Edward F. O’Day
Born: at Manchester, New Hampshire
Home Town: Manchester, New Hampshire
Authority - USMC Communiqué: 70375-0723 ACE-fjb (10 December 1929)
The Navy Cross is presented to Edward F. O’Day, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commander of a patrol of the Second Brigade, U.S. Marine Corps, operating in the province of Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua on April 30, 1928. Upon receipt of information that bandits were located in a house in the vicinity of the town of Quibuto, Lieutenant O’Day proceeded immediately from Dairali with his patrol and due to his promptness, the skillful conduct of the approach march and by his initiative, coolness and sound judgment completely surprised the bandits so that, after a short skirmish, the bandits fled leaving behind two dead, forearms and supplies.
