Michael Fitzpatrick

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Michael Fitzpatrick, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Jametz, France, November 9 – 11, 1918. Commanding a platoon in the attack on the town of Jametz, France, and finding the attack held up by the enemy holding a bridge with machine guns, Sergeant Fitzpatrick gallantly charged the bridge with his platoon and carried it, thereby allowing those in the rear to come forward. After capturing the bridge he immediately reorganized his platoon and, charging into the town, captured five prisoners and two machine guns.