(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: 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 Private First Class Edward J. Sharkey (ASN: 36648239), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in France, on 8 August 1944. When his company was pinned down by flanking machine gun fire, Private First Class Sharkey voluntarily crawled across an open field under heavy enemy fire and leaped into the emplacement and killed the gun crew with his rifle. The enemy machine gun was knocked out and the company advanced across the hedgerows. Private First Class Sharkey was killed in a subsequent action. Private First Class Sharkey’s extraordinary heroism, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty at the cost of his life, exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 28th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.