Thomas Schkoda
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Schkoda, Bugler, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 7, 1918. After having received a wound in his knee by a machine-gun bullet and a shell wound in the face, Bugler Schkoda continued his duties as runner until ordered evacuated by his company commander.
