Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    325th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 16, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 74 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant John Hussey (ASN: 1899366), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Juvin, France, 16 October 1918. After his platoon leader had become a casualty, Sergeant Hussey led his platoon forward with great bravery, under intense direct fire from a machine-gun nest, being killed while in the attack.