Ray A. Messanelli
Home Town: Utica, NY
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ray A. Messanelli, Pharmacist’s Mate, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne, France, October 4 – 5, 1918. Regardless of his personal danger, Pharmacist’s Mate Messanelli repeatedly exposed himself to machine-gun and shell fire to render first aid to the wounded.
