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 John F. Bender (ASN: 2357247), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 4th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Les Franquettes Farm, France 23 July 1918. Private Bender crawled forward and continued to fire into a machine-gun nest until he was killed.