Joseph De Cota
Home Town: Charlestown, MA
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph De Cota, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 23, 1918. During the advance of his battalion at Molleville Farm, Sergeant De ‘Cota was rendered unconscious and wounded by the explosion of a shell. Recovering his senses, he quickly rejoined his platoon and led it during the attack. Although suffering from a painful wound in the arm, he remained on duty until ordered to the rear by his company commander late the next day.
