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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Batallion:

    5th Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    June 6, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 99 (1918)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private Theodore Pistikoudis (ASN: 107720), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 5th Machine-Gun Battalion, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chateau-Thierry, France, 6 June 1918. When three infantry men were buried by a shell explosion Private Pistikoudis fearlessly left shelter in face of heavy shelling and rescued them.