Fred R. Wilkins
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 14, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred R. Wilkins, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Hamel, Belgium, July 4, 1918. Unaided Private Wilkins attacked a machine-gun position with hand grenades, drove off the gun crew, and captured the gun.
