Joseph Piovano
Home Town: Coral, PA
General Orders No. 60, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Piovano, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, October 7, 1918. When the advance of his company was halted by machine-gun fire, Sergeant Piovano crawled to an exposed position and opened fire on the enemy, although a target for the fire of several machine guns. He killed several of the enemy with rifle fire and so disorganized the enemy that his organization was able to advance with slight loss.
