Allegheny County PA Archives Military Records.....Mestrovitch, James I. 1918 WWI 111th Infantry, 28th Division, Co. C ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 9, 2007, 10:33 pm Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation James I. Mestrovitch, sergeant, Company C, 111th Infantry, 28th Division. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy at Fismette, France, August 10, 1918. Seeing his company commander lying wounded 30 yards in front of the line after his company had withdrawn to a sheltered position behind a stone wall, Sergt. Mestrovitch voluntarily left cover and crawled through heavy machine-gun and shell fire to where the officer lay. He took the officer upon his back and crawled back to a place of safety, where he administered first-aid treatment, his exceptional heroism saving the officer's life. Emergency address: George Devick, cousin, 702 Cedar Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence at enlistment: Pittsburgh, Pa. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb