Frank C. Barnes, Jr.
Home Town: Lily, CO
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1929
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank C. Barnes, Jr., Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the Champagne-Marne offensive, France, July 16, 1918. Sergeant Barnes, while in charge of a detached piece, by his bravery, courage, and devotion to duty greatly inspired his men at all times. When an enemy shell either killed or wounded his entire gun crew excepting one man, he, although painfully wounded, assisted the other wounded members of his crew to the first-aid station.
