Frank Minalga
Home Town: New Haven, CT
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Minalga, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 8, 1918. When his company was held up by an enemy machine- gun nest Private Minalga advanced on the nest from the flank and captured it single- handed.