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WWI · Battle Death Record

Pasquale Di Giacomo

Corporal, U.S. Army · Ohio

Personnel File — Core Information

Name
Pasquale Di Giacomo
Entered the Service From
Ohio
Rank
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Unit / Regiment
145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division
War
WWI
Date of Death
November 4, 1918
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross
Burial / Memorial
Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, Belgium
Grave
Plot A, Row 1, Grave 21

Their story

Serving with Company F, 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, A.E.F., Di Giacomo was one of four men who held a small advanced post against a raid by approximately 80 enemy soldiers east of Baccarat, France, on August 15, 1918, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with grenades and his rifle to drive off the attackers; two of the four defenders were killed. He was later killed in action on November 4, 1918, and received the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.

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