Dominico Spataro
Home Town: Oswego, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dominico Spataro, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 25 – 26, 1918. Private Spataro, with hand grenades, broke up an enemy machine-gun nest and took four prisoners without assistance. He voluntarily acted as stretcher bearer for a period of 26 hours, performing valiant services, until severely wounded.