John Chyko
Home Town: Beaver Valley, PA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Chyko, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Moirey, France, November 10, 1918. Taking command of a platoon in the absence of officers and sergeants, Corporal Chyko led a successful assault. With a small detachment of his men, he wiped out several machine-gun nests, thereby aiding in the advance of his battalion. On the same evening, after establishing listening posts, he patrolled with three men 1 kilometer from the front line, thus establishing security of the battalion position for the night.
