Petro Ruggero
Home Town: Cleveland, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 35, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Petro Ruggero, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Hill 272, near Fleville, France, October 10, 1918. Private Ruggero, single handed, charged an enemy machine gun, killing the operator and capturing the gun.