William Rykus
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
General Orders No. 60, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Rykus, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Launay, near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 15, 1918. Private Rykus repeatedly ran through enemy machine-gun and rifle fire with important messages. Being twice wounded in those missions, he died from the effects thereof.
