Placer County CA Archives Military Records.....Ballestero, Fred V. 1918
WWI 363d Infantry, Co. A
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
  Fred V. Ballestero (Army serial No. 2265095), private, Company A, 363d Infantry.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Very, France, September 26, 1918. At the
very outset of the action, Pvt. Ballestero took six prisoners single-handed and
under fire. After his company had been stopped by heavy firing, he and another
soldier went ahead on a reconnaissance mission and encountered heavy machine-gun
fire. Sending his companion back with information and for help, he alone pressed on,
capturing a machine gun and its entire crew.   Residence at enlistment: Towle,
Calif.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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