Fred N. Rapp
Home Town: Alexandria, SD
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred N. Rapp, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-du-Fays, France, October 6, 1918. While exposed to an exceptionally heavy barrage in the Bois-de-Fay, Corporal Rapp left his shelter and went to the aid of a seriously wounded comrade. He was killed by a fragment, from a high-explosive shell while in the performance of this gallant mission.
