Frederick J. Hawke
Home Town: North Andover, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frederick J. Hawke, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. When his company was temporarily held up by severe machine-gun fire, Sergeant Hawke led a patrol in an attack on an enemy machine-gun, working his way behind the gun and rushing it, killing one of the crew, wounding another and taking three prisoners.