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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    6th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 8, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Angelo Casselo (ASN: 732149), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fontaines, France, 8 November 1918. While engaged as scout, Private Casselo put to flight an enemy machine-gun crew unaided and maintained his distance ahead of his company in the face of flanking machine-gun fire, which had prevented others from gaining ground.