Steve P. Kilibarda

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Steve P. Kilibarda, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the Champagne-Marne defensive, France, July 15, 1918. During the bombardment Private Kilibarda’s left arm was rendered useless by a fragment of a shell, but despite this wound, he continued bravely to serve with his battery under intense shell fire even though it was necessary for him to hold the shells between his legs and fuse them with his right hand.