Frank L. Gottschalk
Home Town: Marathon City, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank L. Gottschalk, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Gilles, France, August 3, 1918. After being severely wounded while leading an attack on a machine-gun nest, Lieutenant Gottschalk continued to lead his platoon in the face of severe machine-gun fire, remaining on duty all night, until reaching the final objective.