Stephano Riggio
Home Town: Rockland, ME
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Stephano Riggio, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Septsarges, France, September 28, 1918. While his company was halted by machine- gun and sniper fire from the front and both flanks, Private Riggio moved forward to outflank the enemy sniping posts. He was wounded in the execution of his mission, but he managed to make his way back and reported the information he had obtained.
