Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    139th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 95 (1919)

    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 J. Kilfoyle (ASN: 1458113), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Varennes, France, 26 September 1918. Under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire, Sergeant Kilfoyle led an automatic rifle squad into Varennes and captured an enemy machine-gun nest, which had been inflicting heavy casualties on our forces, killing or wounding all the members of the crew, including a German major. Two days later he again displayed skillful leadership in organizing his platoon against an enemy counterattack, which was successfully repulsed.