Frank G. Ward

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank G. Ward, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918. Even though his normal duties were as orderly for two officers, Private Ward volunteered for action, successfully went into “No Man’s Land” and killed a sniper who was inflicting losses on his detachment, carried messages through machine-gun and artillery fire, and, although twice buried in shell craters, he displayed heroic bravery, coolness, and fearless devotion throughout.