Edward Joseph Fossett
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
General Orders No. 72, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward Joseph Fossett, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during an attack in the Courlandon Woods, September 5 – 6, 1918. While acting as liaison between the 109th and 111th Infantry, Private Fossett was severely wounded by a high-explosive shell, but refused to be evacuated until his command was relieved on September 9.
