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Daniel
Brendon
Carroll
November 17, 1892

–

August 5, 1956

Cemetery:

Garden of Memories

Daniel Carroll was an Olympic Gold Medalist on the Australian rugby team prior to World War I. His team toured the United States in 1912 and he remained here to study at Stanford University. After serving in the U.S. Army in World War I, he was a player/coach of the U.S. team, winning a Gold Medal in 1920. He is one of fewer than a dozen athletes to win Olympic Gold Medals with different countries. He coached the U.S. Rugby Team again in the 1924 Olympics, once again earning a Gold Medal.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    364th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26 – 28, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 39 (1920)

    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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Daniel Brendon Carroll, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-Cheppy, France, 28 September 1918. Although wounded in the arm in the attack of 26 September Lieutenant Carroll gallantly led his platoon forward, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, through the Bois-de-Cheppy. Later, while leading his platoon in an attack near Neuve Grange Farm, he continued on until severely wounded a second time.