Edward T. Shanahan
Home Town: Manville, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 108, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward T. Shanahan, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the face of violent artillery and machine-gun fire near Sergy and Seringes, France, on July 28, 1918. Sergeant Shanahan selected a squad of men and rushed a machine-gun that had been harassing his company with its fire. He reached and captured the gun and killed the crew.