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 Private First Class Francis Considine (ASN: 1707613), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near La Harazee, France, 26 September 1918. As acting corporal, Private Considine was in charge of a group which ran upon an enemy machine-gun nest in a swamp. Although wounded in one foot by a machine-gun bullet, and in the other foot by a grenade, he continued to hold his post and encouraged his men until assistance came.