Frank J. Roskoski
Home Town: Bronx, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank J. Roskoski, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville-Savoye, France, August 18, 1918. Sergeant Roskoski voluntarily plunged into the Vesle River to rescue some soldiers who had fallen into the water with full packs while crossing a footbridge and were in danger of drowning. In order to see, he removed his gas mask, and, as a result, was severely gassed.