Louis J. Silva
Home Town: Hayward, CA
General Orders No. 72, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis J. Silva, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Very, France, September 26, 1918. After the Advance of his platoon had been held up by machine-gun fire, Private Silva, with a noncommissioned officer, attacked one machine gun and put it out of action. This act resulted in the enemy abandoning two other machine guns and permitted the advance of his platoon.
