John C. Greenway

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Greenway, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 23, 1918. During a terrific enemy shelling on two of his battalions, and after both his battalion commanders had been wounded. Colonel Greenway personally directed the activities and greatly encouraged his forces by his presence. Leading them in attack he demonstrated the utmost valor at the most critical moments, and he was the first of his command to enter the German trench which marked the objective of the day’s attack.