Tony A. Trekauskas
Home Town: Cincinnati, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tony A. Trekauskas, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 20, 1918. Although severely wounded in the leg by machine-gun fire, Sergeant Trekauskas refused to go to the rear, bandaged his own wound, and advanced with his platoon until its final objective was reached.