Ameda Pacchiasotti

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ameda Pacchiasotti, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, October 5, 1918. When his company was halted by heavy machine-gun fire from the front, Private Pacchiasotti exposed himself to heavy fire and advanced to attack the enemy position. He was killed in the attack, but his example so inspired his comrades that they continued on and captured the enemy machine-gun position.