Giacomo Masciarelli
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Giacomo Masciarelli, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Malancourt, France, September 26, 1918, Private Masciarelli alone charged a machine-gun nest, which was holding up the advance of his platoon. With a flanking fire, he killed one member of the crew and caused the rest to surrender. His prisoners consisted of one noncommissioned officer and seven privates.
