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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    319th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 1, 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 Corporal Igazio C. Scialabba (ASN: 2338403), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Immecourt, France, 1 November 1918. Corporal Scialabba crawled 300 yards alone, outflanked a machine-gun, killed four and captured three of the crew. Although wounded by a shell fragment, he refused to go to the rear.