Fred C. Davis
Home Town: Madrid, IA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred C. Davis, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29 – 30, 1918. Lieutenant Davis successfully held a trench several hundred yards in advance of the Hindenburg line, under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, with a detachment which he had organized with men from different organizations. The following morning he led his detachment still farther, cleaning up about 500 yards of enemy trenches.
