Vinacezo Furforo
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders No. No. 5, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Vinacezo Furforo, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, September 26, 1918. With three other soldiers Private Furforo charged and captured a battery of three .77 field pieces which, protected by machine guns, were firing point-blank on the position held by his company. This deed enabled his company to continue the advance.
