Frank Ligsukis
Home Town: Hartford, CT
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Ligsukis, Mechanic, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 16, 1918. With another soldier, Mechanic Ligsukis voluntarily made several trips into “No Man’s Land,” under heavy enemy fire, and carried to safety eight wounded comrades who had been lying helpless and exposed to this fire.