Frederick A. Woodward
Home Town: Elizabeth, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frederick A. Woodward, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Suippes, Marne, France, July 14 – 15, 1918. Private Woodward, acting as runner during an engagement, kept up his work throughout the bombardment. On the trip he was wounded by a bursting shell, but succeeded in carrying a very important message to his battery commander.