Frank J. Semple
Home Town: Rochester, NY
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank J. Semple, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, November 1, 1918. Under heavy machine-gun fire, Private Semple, a battalion runner, volunteered to carry an important message to a detachment on the extreme flank after seeing two runners killed by machine-gun fire while endeavoring to delivery the same message. He was successful in his mission.
