Edward J. Jordan
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward J. Jordan, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fismette, France, August 12, 1918. Having learned from a raid of the previous night that a comrade was lying wounded in front of his lines, Corporal Jordan set out to rescue him after seeing two other men killed in the attempt. Crawling in full view of the enemy, he was shot through the leg when a storm of fire was directed at him, but he struggled on and brought his man to safety.