Walter A. Shamanski
Home Town: Mount Carmel, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter A. Shamanski, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Vaux, France, July 1, 1918. Having entered a cellar to install his telephone, Private First Class Shamanski was attacked by 11 of the enemy, of whom he killed two and took nine prisoners, single-handed.