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James I. Mestrovitch
Sergeant, US Army
Born: May
22, 1894 at Crna Cora, Yugoslavia
Entered Service: Pittsburgh,
PA
Date/Place of Action: August
10, 1918 - Fismette, France
Unit: Company
C, 111th Infantry, 28th Division
Presentation: 1922
Date of Death: November
04, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried at: Sveti
Jovan Church Cemetery - Crna Gora, Yugoslavia
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On August 21 a Naval seaplane pilot earned the
first Medal of Honor by an American airman in Austria. One month
later near Pensacola, Florida a second Naval aviator earned the Medal of
Honor for his heroism following a non-combat air accident.
These two first heroes of the air
established a legacy that would soon be followed by four Army and two Marine Corps aviators in the closing weeks of The Great War.
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Charles Hazeltine Hammann
Ensign, US Navy
Born: March
16, 1892 at Baltimore, MD
Entered Service: Maryland
Date/Place of Action: August
21, 1918 - Pola, Austria
Unit: Pilot
(Seaplane)
Presentation: Unknown
Date of Death: June
14, 1919
Buried at: Oak
Lawn Cemetery - Baltimore, MD
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Francis Edward Ormsbee, Jr.
Chief Machinist's Mate, US Navy
Born: April
30, 1892 at Providence, RI
Entered Service: Florida
Date/Place of Action: September
25, 1918 - Pensacola, FL (USA)
Unit: Naval
Air Station, Pensacola, FL
Presentation: G.O.
436, WD - 1918
Date of Death: October
24, 1936
Buried at: St.
Francis Cemetery - Newport, RI
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