Matthew Joseph Kane
Born:
Home Town: New York, NY
Status:
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Matthew Joseph Kane, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 15, 1918. Private Kane volunteered several times to act as liaison agent, after every runner had been either killed or wounded. He was untiring in his efforts to maintain communication under heavy enemy artillery and machine-gun fire.