Harry J. Donahue
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 35, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry J. Donahue, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19 – 20, 1918. Sergeant Donahue assisted his company commander in the reorganization of his company under heavy shellfire. Due to the loss of officers, he led a few men through heavy machine-gun fire and captured a machine-gun position which was causing losses to his company. In the performance of this act he was severely wounded in the head by a machine-gun bullet.