Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Quartermaster Sergeant

    Regiment:

    Sixth Regiment (Marines)

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    June 7, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 4, 1936

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Quartermaster Sergeant Frank E. Davis (MCSN: 401949), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Supply Company, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near Bouresches, France, 7 June 1918. Sergeant Davis volunteered and assisted in taking a truck load of ammunition and material into Bouresches, France, over a road swept by artillery and machine-gun fire, thereby relieving a critical situation.