Charles E. Vondrachek
Home Town: Minnesota
European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 48 (1943)
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Charles E. Vondrachek, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in action against enemy forces on 1 May 1943, in the European Theater of Operations. Staff Sergeant Vondrachek’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.
