Patrick Hennessey
Home Town: Newark, NJ
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Patrick Hennessey, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Rembercourt, France, November 1 – 2, 1918. While in command of a platoon, Sergeant Hennessey was wounded, but he refused to be evacuated and remained with his men for 30 hours, under a heavy bombardment with gas and high-explosive shells, looking after them and administering first aid to the wounded.
