John Patrick Furey

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Patrick Furey, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, October 15, 1918. Although himself slightly wounded while near enemy wire entanglements, which position was boxed in by a hostile artillery barrage and swept by enemy machine guns, Sergeant Furey, with utter disregard for his own safety voluntarily exposed himself to great danger in going to the aid of a comrade, who was severely wounded in both legs, bandaging his wounds and assisting him to the first-aid station, all under heavy hostile fire. He then rejoined his command near the front line. In the performance of this gallant act he was again wounded.