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Allegheny County World War I
Congressional Medal of Honor


   
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Highest Military Award
Established July  12, 1862
First Awarded: American Civil War



1862 Medal

1896 Medal

1904 Medal


Congressional Medal of Honor

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 Seeing his company commander lying wounded 30 yards in front of the line after his company had withdrawn to a sheltered position behind a stone wall, Sergt.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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