John Henry Dennelley
Home Town: Great Neck Station, NY
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Henry Dennelley, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 15, 1918. When his company had been ordered to withdraw under intense machine-gun and artillery fire, Sergeant Dennelley, remained in the position until the other men had safely retired, when he saw to the removal of six wounded men.
