Mark Tonks
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Mark Tonks, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States at Fossoy, France, July 15, 1918. After having been painfully wounded by shrapnel, Private Tonks refused to go to the rear for treatment, but remained at his post until finally wounded by another shell.