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.

He was sent to France as a member of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, where he performed the actions that earned him the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star.

Citation: 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 Private Daniel Richmond Edwards (ASN: 106546), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 3d Machine-Gun Battalion, 1st Division, A.E.F., at Cantigny, France, May 28–30, 1918.

While thus engaged the machine gunners repulsed two determined enemy counterattacks, during which the three members of the squad accompanying Private Edwards were killed and he himself severely wounded.

His extraordinary bravery and devotion to duty, his fortitude and undaunted determination despite his numerous and painful wounds, incited the men of his battalion to splendid endeavors and raised their morale to an extremely high pitch.Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company C, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces.

43, W.D., 1918), Private Daniel R. Edwards, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him.

Private Edwards refused to leave his gun and continued its operation after the other men of his crew had been killed and he, himself, had been wounded.Edwards' military decorations and awards include:[4] Defensive Sector battle clasps.

At the conclusion of the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, Frank Sinatra's character reads Edwards' and Nelson M. Holderman's Medal of Honor citations.