Pietro Formica
Home Town: Detroit, MI
General Orders 95, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Pietro Formica, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville Savoye, France, August 8, 1918. After several other soldiers had been killed in attempting to carry a message across an open field, under intense enemy fire, Private Formica volunteered for this perilous mission and successfully accomplished it. He continued to display marked courage in carrying messages under fire, until he was wounded next day.
