Francis J. Monahan
Home Town: Indianapolis, IN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Francis J. Monahan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Samogneux, France, October 12, 1918. Private Monahan left shelter and exposed himself to direct enemy machine-gun fire to aid a wounded man, and while so engaged was himself seriously wounded.