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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Edward Seery Hayes, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chevieres, France, 19 October 1918. Lieutenant Colonel Hayes, with a private acting as guide, voluntarily made a personal reconnaissance of the front lines and the Bois-de-Loges, near the Aire River, under heavy enemy fire, being severely wounded while making this reconnaissance.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 9 (1923)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Edward Seery Hayes, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 78th Division, in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, Lieutenant Colonel Hayes was an important factor in the success of the Division and rendered exceptional services by the persistence and courage of his front line reconnaissances; by his originality and the soundness of his plans of relief and attack, and by the clearness and correctness of all orders written by him for the operations of the Division. His work was creative and constructive to a high degree and rendered in a highly meritorious manner in a position of great responsibility.