Frederick A. Woodward

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frederick A. Woodward, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Suippes, Marne, France, July 14 – 15, 1918. Private Woodward, acting as runner during an engagement, kept up his work throughout the bombardment. On the trip he was wounded by a bursting shell, but succeeded in carrying a very important message to his battery commander.