The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant Frank Butler Gresham (ASN: 1098437), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near the Bois-du-Fays, France, 26 September 1918. After his patrol had been twice scattered by machine-gun, fire, Sergeant Gresham continued his reconnaissance, accompanied by only one other soldier, and secured the information for which he had been sent. Upon rejoining his company he was placed in command of his platoon, whose commander had been wounded, and succeeded in reorganizing it under heavy shell fire.