Frank Perkaus

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Perkaus, Supply Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Sergeant Perkaus volunteered to go about 350 yards in advance of our lines to locate the enemy and secure other information. He made the trip through heavy machine-gun and artillery fire and secured the information but was wounded while returning to our line. When ordered to the dressing station by his commanding officer, he helped others who were more seriously wounded than himself to reach the station.