Rank:  First Lieutenant, U.S. Army

Organization:  353d Infantry, 89th Division.

Place:  Near Bantheville, France

Date:  1 November 1918.

Entered service at: Detroit, Mich.

Birth: Pontiac, Mich. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919.

Citation: Immediately after the opening of the attack in the Bois-de-Bantheville, when his company was held up by severe machinegun fire from the front, which killed his company commander and several soldiers, 1st. LT. Furlong moved out in advance of the line with great courage and coolness, crossing an open space several hundred yards wide. Taking up a position behind the line of the machineguns, he closed in on them, one at a time, killing a number of the enemy with his rifle, putting 4 machinegun nests out of action, and driving 20 German prisoners into our lines.

Lieutenant Furlong served in the Michigan Army National Guard from 16 December 1921 to 31 May 1946 and was honorably discharged as Lieutenant Colonel.