Abraham T. Tack
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Home Town: Sodus, NY
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General Orders No. No. 27, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Abraham T. Tack, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Hill 299, France, October 16, 1918. Private Tack assumed command of a platoon after its officers had been wounded and led it to its objective. He advanced through heavy machine-gun and artillery fire for a distance of 800 meters and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight that resulted in the defeat of the enemy and the capture of 5 machine guns and 30 prisoners.