Pasquale Digiacomo
Home Town: Akron, OH
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Pasquale Digiacomo, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Baccarat, France, August 15, 1918. Private Digiacomo was one of four men who successfully held a small advanced post against a raid of 80 of the enemy. Two of the defenders were killed, but the staunch work of the others drove off the raiders. He engaged in a hand-to-hand encounter with the assailants, with hand grenades and his rifle.
