Stanley Gancaz

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Stanley Gancaz, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Exermont, France, October 4, 1918. When a German 77-mm gun, supported by numerous machine-guns, broke the tank attack and held up the infantry advance, Private Gansaz, with two scouts, made an encircling movement amid heavy fire, and put the gun out of action, capturing the entire crew. They then cleaned out the enemy dugouts in the vicinity and returned with 40 prisoners, including an officer.