William D. Ankudovitch

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William D. Ankudovitch, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Courville, France, August 29, 1918. When the battery position was being subjected to concentrated enemy fire, a shell burst near Corporal Ankudovitch’s gun, wounding him and four other members of the gun crew. Disregarding his own injuries, Corporal Ankudovitch assisting in caring for the other men and carrying them to the rear until he fell, exhausted from loss of blood.