Frederick Yannantuono
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 95, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frederick Yannantuono, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 14, 1918. Private Yannantuono voluntarily went forward and administered first aid to wounded infantry soldiers under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, in plain view of the enemy, being killed in the performance of this self-sacrificing mission.