Louis Mazzoni

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis Mazzoni, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near La Forge Farm, France, November 3 – 4, 1918. During the offensive operations west of the Meuse, Private Mazzoni single-handed attacked five of the enemy, who were firing on our column. He crawled through a woods and attacked them from the rear, killing one and taking the rest as prisoners.