Albert S. Krzykwa

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert S. Krzykwa, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 14, 1918. In an attack on Cote Dame Marie the 126th Infantry was held up, owing to intense enemy machine-gun lire and grenades. Private Krzykwa volunteered as a member of a combat patrol which cut through the enemy lines, capturing ten machine-guns, killed and captured 15 of the enemy, and forced a large number to surrender, clearing that part of the Cote Dame Marie of the enemy, enabling the regiment to continue their advance.