John J. Keenan

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John J. Keenan, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Jaulny, France, November 8, 1918. With a detail of seven men, Corporal Keenan volunteered and went through severe artillery and machine-gun fire to bring in a platoon which had been cut off for five hours in front of a strongly fortified enemy position. Repeated efforts to reach the platoon during the day had failed, but Corporal Keenan and his party brought in the entire platoon, including several wounded men, among them the platoon commander.