Samuel Shaskan

Military Honor(s):

Distinguished Service Cross

Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel Shaskan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Juvigny, France, August 28, 1918. Going out from the front line through barbed- wire entanglements, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, Private Shaskan brought back to safety a wounded soldier.

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Life & Service

  • Birth: 9 February 1889, Białystok (Russia), Poland
  • Place of Residence:
  • Race/Ethnicity: Jewish American
  • Death: 10 July 1959 New York, NY, United States
  • Branch: Army
  • Military Rank: Private
  • Company: [HQ]
  • Infantry Regiment: 128th
  • Division: 32nd