Herbert A. Deasey
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert A. Deasey, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chipilly Ridge, France, August 9, 1918. Acting on his own initiative Private Deasey advanced alone against a machine-gun nest that had been causing heavy casualties among his comrades. He crawled to within a short distance of the enemy position before he was detected. He then rushed the post and bayoneted the three gunners, being himself killed in the encounter.
