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 A. Heueisen (ASN: 1447301), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montrebeau Woods, France, 29 September 1918. When his company was checked and forced to withdraw into the woods, Sergeant Heueisen voluntarily went into an open field under heavy machine-gun fire and carried wounded soldiers a hundred yards to shelter, preventing their capture by the enemy.