Francis X. Naughton

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Francis X. Naughton, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne Sector, France, October 1, 1918. While mess was being served a shell exploded, killing nine men and wounding 20. Private Naughton, although severely wounded in the chest with shell splinters, one leg blown nearly off and bleeding badly, refused all help until others had been attended to. Skilled in first aid, he instructed others how to adjust a tourniquet and rendered other assistance to the wounded: finally permitting his own wounds, which subsequently caused his death, to be attended after all others had been cared for.