Charles Disalvo
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Disalvo, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Remonville, France, November 1, 1918. When the combat group, of which he was a member, was held up by enemy machine-guns, Private Disalvo charged forward alone, and, attacking the nest, killed one gunner and forced the rest to surrender. His heroic act enabled the advance to be resumed, though Private Disalvo had himself been mortally wounded.
