Lewis L. Kowaski
Home Town: Indiana Harbor, IN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 109, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lewis L. Kowaski, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cantigny, France, on may 28 – 30, 1918. Corporal Kowaski captured an enemy machine gun and aided materially in breaking up a counterattack by using it against his foes. In company with his captain, he led the way to a dugout which he had located in capturing the machine gun and assisted in taking nine prisoners.