John Pamaranski
Home Town: Pittsburgh, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 26, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Pamaranski, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois De Ogon, France, October 10, 1918. When his platoon was held up by an enemy machine-gun, which had caused many casualties in the platoon, Corporal Pamaranski advanced to within bombing distance of the gun, killed one and captured two of the enemy, together with the machine-gun.