Daniel R. Edwards

Daniel R. Edwards
Daniel R. Edwards
Born April 9, 1897(1897-04-09)
Moorville, Texas
Died October 21, 1967(1967-10-21) (aged 70)
Place of burial Cunningham Cemetery Royal, Arkansas
Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Rank Private First Class
Unit Company C, 3d Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Division
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Medal of Honor

Daniel Richmond Edwards (April 9, 1897—October 21, 1967) was an American soldier serving in the United States Army during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.

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Biography

Edwards was born April 9, 1897 in Moorville, Texas and graduated from the Columbia University School of Journalism. He enlisted in the United States Army on the day the United States entered World War I. He was sent to France as a member of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, where he performed the actions that won him the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross. He married, and lived in the Bronx after the war, where he was a member of the Come-Back Club, an organization for disabled and returning veterans.[1]

He died October 21, 1967 and is buried in Cunningham Cemetery Royal, Arkansas.[2]

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company C, 3d Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Division. Place and date: Near Soissons, France, 18 July 1918. Entered service at: Bruceville, Tex. Born: 9 April 1897, Moorville, Tex. G.O. No.: 14, W.D., 1923.

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 Pfc. Edwards' legs, causing him to be immediately evacuated to the hospital. The bravery of Pfc. 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.[3]

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