Russell E. Handwerk
Home Town: Slatington, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Russell E. Handwerk, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France on July 19, 1918. When the line of which he was a part was halted by a machine gun, Private Handwerk advanced on it alone and put it out of action.