Frank L. Williams - War Hero

WILLIAMS

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 8/9/2004 at 06:44:58

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Frank L. Williams, first lieutenant, Medical Corps, attached to 168th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in acton in Campagne, east of Rheims, France, July 15, 1918, and near the River Ourcq, northeast of Chateau Thierry, France, July 30, 1918. He voluntarily left a dugout on the Campagne front, and for more than two hours, all the time under shell fire, administered to the needs of wounded men who were lying in the open. during the advance across the River Ourcq he voluntarily remained ni exposed positions under heavy shell fire, caring for and dressing the wounded, until he was severely injured.
Residence at appointment: 2005 University Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 373

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall