Mato Raikovich
Home Town: Woodlawn, PA
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Mato Raikovich, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 21, 1918. Private Raikovich assisted in carrying a machine gun forward through intense enemy machine-gun and artillery fire. Placing his machine gun in action, he delivered an effective fire which caused the enemy to abandon the counterattack.
