Frank Kanopsky
Home Town: Harwick, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Kanopsky, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Roncheres, France, July 28, 1918. While acting as runner, Private Kanopsky was severely burned with mustard gas and wounded by shrapnel. He refused to be evacuated and continued to perform his duties under intense machine-gun fire.