Allegheny County PA Archives Military Records.....Mestrovitch, James I. 1918
WWI 111th Infantry, 28th Division, Co. C
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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withdrawn to a sheltered position behind a stone wall, Sergt.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.

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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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