Vincenzo Roneri
Home Town: Big Mine Run, PA
RELATED HEROES STORIES
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 11, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Vincenzo Roneri, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chatel- Chehery, France, October 7, 1918. Responding to a call from a noncommissioned officer, Private Roneri exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire to go 200 yards in advance of our lines and assist in carrying a wounded man to a place of safety. While in performance of this act, he was exposed to machine-gun fire from two directions.