Guiseppe Parissi
Home Town: Olean, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Guiseppe Parissi, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Crezancy, France, July 14 – 15, 1918. Throughout the night of July 14 – 15, during the height of the offensive German bombardment, Private Parissi carried messages through woods made almost impassable by fallen trees.