Frank Marlin
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Marlin, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. With two other soldiers Private Marlin rushed a machine-gun position, killed the crew, and captured the gun in order to make the advance of his platoon possible.