Cochise County AZ Archives Military Records.....Tenley, Eugene H. 1918 WWI 5th Regt. USMC ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/az/azfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 21, 2007, 10:02 pm Distinguished Service Cross Citation Eugene H. Tenley, hospital apprentice, first class, United States Navy, attached to Company B, 5th Regiment, United States Marine Corps. For extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. Disregarding his own safety, he voluntarily accompanied a small force into action, rendering most valuable treatment to the wounded, until killed by a fragment of a shell. Emergency address: Samuel W. Tenley, father, Wilcox, Ariz. Residence at enlistment: Wilcox, Ariz. Additional Comments: Extracted from: CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT Since April 6, 1917 Up to and including General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919 COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1920 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/az/cochise/military/ww1/other/tenley20gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/azfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb