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 Private Francis Leo Monk (ASN: 3138521), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Grand Pre, France, 15 October 1918. Private Monk crawled out into an open field where another soldier lay severely wounded, under fire from machine guns and snipers, and dragged him. To the shelter of a wall, where he dressed his wounds. In so doing Private Monk was himself wounded.