Ben Mileski
Home Town: Toledo, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 19, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ben Mileski, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, September 28, 1918. When a platoon of Company I, 147th Infantry, was held up by machine-gun fire from the left flank, Private Mileski, without orders, rushed forward through heavy machine-gun fire, killed the machine gunner, and caused a number of the enemy to surrender.