William J. Frank
Home Town: Wahpeton, ND
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William J. Frank, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-d’Agrimont, France, July 14 – 15, 1918. On the night of July 14 – 15 Private Frank volunteered and carried messages through heavy shell fire, after other runners had been killed in the attempt to perform the same mission.
