Walter Pickacz

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter Pickacz, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Cote-de-Chatillon, France, November 1, 1918. During a heavy enemy bombardment, when a high explosive shell buried four men of his company in a shell hole, wounding three and killing one of them, Private Pickacz, with complete disregard of his own safety, left his shelter, hurried to their rescue and, under a heavy barrage of enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, assisted in digging the men out with his hands and carrying them to a place of safety.