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  General Orders No. No. 22, War Department, 1920
  

Home Town: Greenwood, South Carolina

Makos, Sotereos N.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Sotereos N. Makos, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., in the attack near Soissons, France. July 19, 1918. Private Makos was wounded three times, but continued with the advance and kept up the operation of his automatic rifle despite his injuries, until the objective had been attained.

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  General Orders No. No. 132, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Worcester, Massachusetts

Malbe, Fernand

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fernand Malbe, Lieutenant, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 350th Tank Company, French Tank Corps, Army of France, near Gesnes, France, October 5, 1918. After two of his tanks had been destroyed, Lieutenant Malbe continued to lead his tank section in a desperate attack on the machine-gun nests at the crest of Hill 255. His entire disregard of personal danger in successfully carrying out his mission under the terrific enemy fire, made it possible for our troops to reach the objective and hold the position.

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  General Orders 81, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: France

Malcolmson, Bruce K.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bruce K. Malcolmson, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, A.E.F., near Cheppy, France, September 26, 1918. Accompanied by another soldier First Sergeant Malcolmson advanced against two machine-guns and killed two of the mounters. This made possible the capture of 55 men who were in a trench 100 yards farther forward. Later in the same day he assisted an officer in leading a platoon which captured approximately 100 of the enemy.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Pasadena, California

*Malichis, Constantine

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Constantine Malichis, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Bois-d'Aigremont, France, July 15, 1918. Corporal Malichis volunteered and carried a message from his company post of command to the battalion post of command through the thickest of the German barrage. He was killed in action the same day.

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  General Orders No. 32, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: New Orleans, Louisiana

Mallan, John C.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Mallan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, A.E.F., near Chipilly Ridge, France, August 9, 1918. During an attack, Private Mallan worked out far ahead of our lines and personally killed four Germans and brought back three prisoners, one of them an officer. Later he formed one of a raiding party and displayed marked skill and bravery, aiding in the capture of fourteen prisoners. Both these missions were carried out under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire.

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  General Orders 71, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois

*Mallet, Arthur H. G.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur H. G. Mallet, Lieutenant, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving as Liaison Officer, 2d Battalion, 47th U.S. Infantry (Attached), 4th Division, A.E.F., on the Vesle River, near Bazoches, France, August 7, 1918, while serving as liaison officer with the 2d Battalion, 47th U.S. Infantry, which led the attack against the enemy in the face of stubborn resistance, crossed the Vesle River, seized a critical position north of that stream, and held tenaciously to it throughout the day. Lieutenant Mallet, under a heavy and continuous hostile fire, repeatedly went from one front-line combat group to another, assisting materially in the successful conduct of the action by his courageous actions, suggestions, and professional skill. He rendered highly important services at a critical moment when the left of the line was sorely pressed by enemy counterattack and at all times by his soldierly conduct, inspiring courage, and high qualities of leadership was an heroic example to his comrades in arms. He was killed in action late in the afternoon.

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  General Orders No. No. 4, War Department, 1923
  

Home Town: France

Malone, Clayton

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clayton Malone, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 353d Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, A.E.F., near Bois- de-Barricourt, France, November 1, 1918. Sergeant Malone led his platoon with marked bravery and ability in an attack which resulted in the capture of 15 machine-guns and 70 prisoners, more than 40 of the enemy being killed or wounded. Throughout the attack he showed great heroism, killing two of the enemy in hand-to-hand encounters.

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  General Orders 71, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Liberal, Kansas

Malone, Francis P.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Francis P. Malone, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 102d Machine-Gun Battalion, 26th Division, A.E.F., near Trugny, France, July 22 - 23, 1918. After all the other members of his squad had become casualties, Corporal Malone volunteered and led two other squads on a machine-gun nest which he had located and put it out of action with the first burst of shot. Later he helped dress wounded men of his squad and evacuated them under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. Although severely gassed next day, Corporal Malone continued in the advance.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: New Haven, Connecticut

Malone, Paul B.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul B. Malone, Colonel (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., south of Soissons, France, July 18 - 19, 1918. During the two days which his regiment was engaged with the enemy, Colonel Malone frequently visited the advanced troops. On the evening of July 18, after the regiment had suffered severe losses, he assisted in the reorganization of a battalion for the attack on Vierzy. On the morning of July 19 he made a personal reconnaissance of the front lines, under heavy fire, in order to ascertain the enemy position, which was of vital importance.

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  General Orders No. No. 15, War Department, 1921
  

Home Town: West Point, New York

Maloney, William E.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William E. Maloney, Second Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, A.E.F., near Remonville, France, November 1, 1918. Leading an assault platoon, Lieutenant Maloney encountered a nest of sis enemy guns, which was pouring out a deadly fire from three directions. Rushing the guns in the immediate front, he captured them as well as taking the crews as prisoners; and while thus engaged, he was knocked unconscious by a bursting shell. Regaining consciousness when picked up by first-aid men, he returned immediately and rejoined his platoon and directed operations until the objectives were reached.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: New York, New York

Mance, Stephen M.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Stephen M. Mance, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, A.E.F., at Chipilly Ridge, France, August 10, 1918. Sent out alone to locate the position of snipers, and coming upon a machine-gun nest, Corporal Mance boldly attacked it single-handed, capturing the gun, wounding one of the crew, and taking three prisoners.

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  General Orders No. No. 128, War Department, 1918
  

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois

Manco, Artie G.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Artie G. Manco, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Nonsard, France, September 12, 1918. When the advance of his company was halted by the fire from four machine guns from the front, Sergeant Manco led a patrol of four men, through heavy fire, to the flank and rear of the enemy position. He then attacked the enemy and captured the guns and crew.

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  General Orders No. No. 55, War Department, 1920
  

Home Town: Richardsville, Kentucky

Manders, Frank

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Manders, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, A.E.F., at Grand Pre, France, November 1, 1918. After requesting that he be permitted to lead a detail for the purpose of recovering the body of a wounded comrade whom he had been forced to leave about 500 yards in front of their lines earlier in the day when on patrol duty, Private Manders led the detail of four men under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire on its dangerous mission. After proceeding about 200 yards the detail felt that the expedition was hopeless on account of the extremely heavy fire. Private Manders, however, refused to give up and insisted on the detail going forward. By his own absolute disregard of personal safety and by his own example he so inspired the members of the detail that they went forward with him under the gravest danger for over 300 yards, recovered the wounded comrade, and made their way back to their own lines.

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  General Orders No. No. 56, War Department, 1922
  

Home Town: Rockland, Wisconsin

Mangiaracina, Frank

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Mangiaracina, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., near Beaumont, France, November 1 - 5, 1918. On duty as a company runner, Private Mangiaracina repeatedly carried messages through heavy enemy machine-gun and shell fire with utter disregard for personal safety.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York

Manier, Will R., Jr.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Will R. Manier, Jr., Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 5th Infantry Brigade, 3d Division, A.E.F., in the Claires- Chenes Woods, October 21, 1918. Captain Manier, brigade liaison officer, was at the command post of the assaulting battalion when word was received that the enemy had penetrated our line and was closing in on the command post. No reserves being available, Captain Manier assisted in hastily organizing a force of runners, a signalman and others, and himself taking a rifle, led these men under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire in a counterattack on the advancing enemy. He succeeded in stopping the enemy and holding the position until the line was reestablished. As a result of his courage and initiative a large number of the enemy were captured and many killed or wounded, and the success of future operations assured.

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  General Orders 98, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Nashville, Tennessee

*Mann, Allen R.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Allen R. Mann, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Sanitary Detachment, 107th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 27th Division, A.E.F., near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. With utter disregard for his own personal safety, Private Mann repeatedly went out into no man's land, in plain view of the enemy, and administered first aid to the wounded. While engaged in this work he was caught in a heavy enfilading fire from the enemy and was killed.

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  General Orders No. No. 49, War Department, 1922
  

Home Town: New York, New York

Manning, James (AKA: Frank E. Bell)

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James Manning, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 4th Engineers, 4th Division, A.E.F., near St. Thibault, France, August 8, 1918. Corporal Manning was one of our men who volunteered and swam the Vesle River for the purpose of doing work on the opposite bank necessary in the construction of a footbridge. With another soldier he succeeded in felling a large tree in the face of heavy machine-gun and one-pounder fire after the remainder of the platoon had withdrawn.

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  General Orders No. 46, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Youngstown, Ohio

Manning, James Eugene

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James Eugene Manning, Hospital Apprentice First Class, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism while serving as Corpsman attached to the First Battalion, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near Thiaucourt, France, September 15, 1918. While Hospital Apprentice First Class Manning was attending a wounded man, his dressing station was struck by a shell, from which his patient received two additional wounds. He dressed the man's new wounds and while so doing was himself struck in the back and knocked down by the explosion of another shell. He remained at his post, however, until he had finished dressing his patient's injuries and then removed him from the dressing station, which very soon was completely destroyed by a third shell.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Canton, Ohio

Manning, James F., Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James F. Manning, Jr., First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 49th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Doulcon, France, October 4, 1918. While leading a patrol of seven planes, Lieutenant Manning accepted combat with 17 German machines (type Fokker) at an altitude of 1,200 meters. Through his courageous leadership and skillful maneuver of his patrol, seven of the enemy planes were snot down.

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  General Orders 7, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Purcellville, Virginia

Manning, John C.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Manning, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Paris-Soissons Road, France, July 18 - 19, 1918. Corporal Manning voluntarily left his shelter and went to the rescue of two wounded French soldiers who were in a burning tank. The rescue was made under an intense fire from the enemy, in plain view and while they were using all efforts to complete the destruction of the tank and prevent the rescue of its inmates. Corporal Manning succeeded in forcing open a door of the burning tank, dragging out the wounded men, and bringing them to a place of shelter, from which they were later evacuated.

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  General Orders No. 59, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Kingsville, Texas

Manning, John R.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John R. Manning, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 342d Machine-Gun Battalion, 89th Division, A.E.F., in the Bois-de-Bantheville, France, November 1, 1918. Disregarding injuries in the face, head, and wrist, Private Manning continued on duty as gunner throughout the action until he was relieved and ordered to an aid station by his platoon commander thereby affording an inspiring example of courage to his comrades.

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  General Orders No. 44, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Needham, Massachusetts

*Manning, William Sinkler

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Sinkler Manning, Major (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 316th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., near Verdun, France, November 5, 1918. Leading his command in the face of extremely heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, Major Manning displayed remarkable bravery and coolness in reorganizing his battalion after severe losses had been inflicted on them. By continuous encouragement and daring, he directed operations to the successful gaining of his objective. During operations, Major Manning was instantly killed by a machine-gun bullet.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Washington, D.C.

Mannion, Joseph F.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph F. Mannion, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, A.E.F., near Verdun, France, October 11, 1918. Sergeant Mannion volunteered and left his place of safety, making his way 100 yards in advance of our lines to the aid of wounded men. At the time the enemy was delivering terrific machine-gun and artillery fire, but he continued and assisted one comrade to a dressing station. He returned and helped the other men to places of safety.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Baltimore, Maryland

Mannion, Maurice

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Maurice Mannion, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., at Apremont, France, September 29, 1918. During a hostile attack, Sergeant Mannion displayed exceptional courage and initiative in leading a patrol of the left flank of his platoon and driving off a superior number of the enemy who were attempting to encircle the flank, killing ten of them, capturing eight and putting the remainder to flight.

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  General Orders 98, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Carbondale, Pennsylvania

Mansfield, Harry

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry Mansfield, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, A.E.F., at Romagne, France, October 14, 1918. His company having been held up by machine-gun nest, Sergeant Mansfield, with another soldier, crawled 200 yards ahead of his company and reduced the machine-gun nest, killing three of the enemy and capturing 18.

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  General Orders 98, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Mecosta, Michigan

Mansfield, James R.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James R. Mansfield, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 311th Machine-Gun Battalion (Attached), 79th Division, A.E.F., near Montfaucon, France, September 29, 1918. Administering first aid in a most exposed position, Sergeant Mansfield rendered most valuable assistance not only to casualties from his own command, but also to those from other organizations. He continued with his work, although wounded, and refused to leave for the rear until ordered to do so by his commanding officer.

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  General Orders No. 46, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Haydenville, Massachusetts

Mansfield, Tharold B.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tharold B. Mansfield, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 314th Field Signal Battalion, 89th Division, A.E.F., near Beauclair, France, November 4 - 11, 1918. From the 4th to 11th of November, while continually under heavy shell fire, Corporal Mansfield laid and maintained lines of communication within his area with utter disregard for his personal safety.

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  General Orders No. 37, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Bay City, Michigan

Manton, Walter W.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter W. Manton, Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 26th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 1st Division, A.E.F., at Soissons, France, July I8, 1918. Accompanying his battalion in the attack, Captain Manton was with the second wave when he sustained a compound fracture of the right forearm from a bursting shell. He, nevertheless, refused to go to the rear, but remained on duty until the final objective was reached in the afternoon, attending the wounded and directing their evacuation.

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  General Orders No. 46, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan

*Manwaring, Clyde F.

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clyde F. Manwaring, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, A.E.F., near Louppy, France, November 9, 1918. His platoon having been held up by enemy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Manwaring took three other soldiers and advanced against the machine guns. Two of the men accompanying him were wounded, but he continued on with the other one and captured two of the hostile guns, killing one of the crew and driving off the remainder.

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  General Orders 89, War Department, 1919
  

Home Town: Akron, Ohio

Manzi, Nicholas

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Nicholas Manzi, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 309th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 78th Division, A.E.F., near Jaulny, France, October 3, 1918. During a heavy bombardment of our front lines, Private Manzi went 50 yards in advance of our positions to an automatic-rifle post to dress the wounds of three of the crew. He then assisted the wounded men, one by one, to reach a place of safety. All this time the line was under steady machine-gun fire as well as bombardment.