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 Corporal Francis E. Hurley (ASN: 60602), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the region of Grand Pont-Moulin Rouge, France, on the night of 23 February 1918. Corporal Hurley took part in a daring raid into the enemy’s lines He showed great valor and fearlessness, and particularly distinguished himself by leading the patrol into a German dugout, whose occupants had refused to surrender, and from which 16 prisoners were taken.