Charles P. Troska

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles P. Troska, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 11, 1918. In the attack on Hill 272, after other runners had been killed in the attempt to deliver a message to two attacking companies, Private Troska voluntarily carried and delivered the message, thus again effecting the proper coordination of the attack units of the battalion.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles P. Troska, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 21, 1918. Private Troska carried a message through a wood occupied by the enemy to a company which had become separated from its battalion. His deed permitted the coordinating of the attacking units.