Peter Ratkovich
Home Town: Oakland, CA
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Peter Ratkovich, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Varennes, France, September 26, 1918. With two other soldiers, Private Ratkovich, on his own initiative, led a charge on an enemy machine-gun nest, and, although severely wounded, pressed forward, wounding three and capturing three of the enemy.
