Joseph Lukaz

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Lukaz, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 13, 1918. While defending an outpost, after all his comrades had been wounded, Private Lukz was attacked by a group of eight Germans, one an officer. With his automatic rifle, he disabled all but the officer and two men, who took cover in a shell hole. Running to their hiding place, he killed all the enemy with hand grenades, and returned to hold his ?ortiori of the line intact.