Christ Papadakis
Home Town: Mulkeytown, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Christ Papadakis, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France, October 14 – 15, 1918. Private Papadakis for more than 48 hours carried litters with wounded or administered alone first aid to wounded while under continuous artillery and machine-gun fire. He continued his work until forced to stop from exhaustion.