Arthur A. Lucia
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur A. Lucia, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Channel, France, July 27, 1918. Private Lucia volunteered to carry an important message through a heavy artillery barrage, after several other runners had reported that they could not get through. He succeeded in his mission.