Thomas W. Kearns

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas W. Kearns, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sergy, France, July 29 – 30, 1918. When a counterattack was impending, First Lieutenant Kearns successively carried 15 wounded men across a shell-swept area, in full view of the enemy, taking them to a place of safety and preventing them from being captured by the enemy. Later he reorganized groups of stragglers and led them into combat.