Fred Sexton
Home Town: Oneida, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 24, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred Sexton, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Sergeant Sexton exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire while leading his platoon in an attack on a machine-gun position near Missy-aux-Bois. Although wounded in the leg by a machine-gun bullet, he continued to command the platoon until again wounded on the following day.