Frederick H. Swabey
Home Town: Chicago, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 8, W.D., 1935
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frederick H. Swabey, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye, France, October 10, 1918. Voluntarily leaving his shelter, Corporal Swabey led a detachment of two other soldiers 200 yards across an open field swept by shell fire and captured a machine gun which was harassing our front line.