Edward J. Geaney
Home Town: New York, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 30, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward J. Geaney, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villers- sur-Fere, France, July 30, 1918. In the assault, seeing his officer wounded, with great effort and under heavy fire Sergeant Geaney succeeded in getting the wounded officer almost to a place of safety when he sustained a machine-gun wound which broke his arm. In spite of the pain and with great fortitude he succeeded in getting the officer to a place of safety.