Pasquale Elia
Home Town: Webster, PA
General Orders No. No. 10, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Pasquale Elia, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, October 5, 1918. Private Elia, on his own initiative, advanced to an exposed position of great danger, and with his automatic rifle killed 18 Germans. Due to the individual efforts of this soldier his company was able to advance. He continued his fire until he was killed.
