Fred W. Tompkins

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred W. Tompkins, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Jaulgonne, France, July 23, 1918. Sergeant Tompkins, while leading his machine-gun section in an attack, exposed himself to heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and alone advanced in front of our lines in order to select machine-gun positions. Later he was mortally wounded while exposing himself in order to direct his men to cover.