Frank J. Vida

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank J. Vida, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy. France, September 29 – 30, 1918. After all his company officers had been killed or wounded First Sergeant Vida took command, despite the fact that he, too, had been wounded. He succeeded in capturing part of the Hindenburg line and holding it against several strong counterattacks, remaining with his company and refusing to go to the rear for medical treatment until it was relieved.