DeCarlo, Theodore
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: July 20, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* National Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
* Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C.
Units to which belonged:
* F Co., 60th U.S. Infantry {Regiment], 5th Division
Date of trip overseas: April 16, 1918
Service there: --
Date of return: July 29, 1919
Date of demobilization: Aug. 8, 1919
Honors received:
* Cited Jan. 27, 1919, D[istinguished]. S[ervice]. Cross.
* Cited June 8, 1919, Italian Cross Al Merita Di Guerra Italia[n]

 

 

NOTES
To have earned 2 citations, a distinguished service cross and cross of merit, from the U.S. and Italy, there has to be more to his service record than he lets on.

Gettysburg National Park in World War I and World War II (Capital District Civil War Round Table)
http://www.cdcwrt.net/newsletters/CDCWRT_2013_June_Newsletter.pdf

The Doughboys & Camp Greene, Mecklenburg County, N.C., 1917-1918 (Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County)
http://www.cmstory.org/ww1/

History of the 60th Infantry Regiment (Go-Devils), from the National Archives (5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Association)
http://5thbattalion.tripod.com/60thinfregiment.html

The Americans in Italy During World War I (WW2 in Color. Thread)
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php/12315-The-Americans-in-Italy-during-WW1