Frank A. Hamak
Home Town: Wecota, SD
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank A. Hamak, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chaumont, South of Sedan, France, November 8, 1918. Severely wounded in the legs by machine-gun fire, and unable to walk, Private Hamak refused to accept assistance from his comrades rather than expose them to danger, and crawled five hundred yards to a dressing station.