James I. Mestrovitch

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Sergeant James I. Mestrovitch (ASN: 1243675), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 10 August 1918, while serving with Company C, 111th Infantry, 28th Division, in action at Fismette, France. Seeing his company commander lying wounded 30 yards in front of the line after his company had withdrawn to a sheltered position behind a stone wall, Sergeant Mestrovitch voluntarily left cover and crawled through heavy machinegun and shell fire to where the officer lay. He took the officer upon his back and crawled to a place of safety, where he administered first-aid treatment, his exceptional heroism saving the officer’s life.