Vittorio Cristofaro
Home Town: Syracuse, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Vittorio Cristofaro, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 23, 1918. While his company was forced to lie in the open for a period of 24 hours because of the murderous machine-gun and artillery fire of the enemy, Private Cristofaro, occupying a position in front of the company, advanced and attacked the enemy gun nests, silencing no less than three guns and killing their crews.