West Point Cadet Company A4’s Tactical Officer CPT Seth Gianessi ’14 received the Engineer Branch de Fleury Medal, the highest award for professional excellence in the Engineer Regiment.
Gianessi was one of only two Engineer Officers at West Point to receive the medal in 2024.
The de Fleury Medal honors and recognizes those individuals who have provided significant contributions to Army Engineering. The medal also emphasizes the history, customs, and traditions of the Corps of Engineers community.
The medal is named for a French Engineer Francois Louis Tesseidre de Fleury, a French engineer who served with the American Army during the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress appointed de Fleury a captain of engineers, and he quickly proved himself through courage under fire. On October 1, 1779, de Fleury was praised for his valor by the men who had penned the Declaration of Independence and who would later sign the Constitution. For his intrepid behavior, the Continental Congress ordered that a medal be struck in his honor.
