Fred C. Davis
Home Town: Madrid, IA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred C. Davis, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29 – 30, 1918. Lieutenant Davis successfully held a trench several hundred yards in advance of the Hindenburg line, under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, with a detachment which he had organized with men from different organizations. The following morning he led his detachment still farther, cleaning up about 500 yards of enemy trenches.