World War I
Daniel R. Edwards
Private First Class · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Company C, 3d Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Division
18 July 1918 · Soissons, France
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War I
- Home state
- Texas
- Action
- Soissons, France
The citation
Official citation
Reporting for duty from hospital where he had been for several weeks under treatment for numerous and serious wounds and although suffering intense pain from a shattered arm, he crawled alone into an enemy trench for the purpose of capturing or killing enemy soldiers known to be concealed therein. He killed 4 of the men and took the remaining 4 men prisoners; while conducting them to the rear one of the enemy was killed by a high explosive enemy shell which also completely shattered 1 of Private First Class Edwards' legs, causing him to be immediately evacuated to the hospital. The bravery of Private First Class Edwards, now a tradition in his battalion because of his previous gallant acts, again caused the morale of his comrades to be raised to high pitch.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
