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 Fred A. Crowe (ASN: 914831), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 7th Engineers, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cunel, France, 14 October 1918. Private Crowe crawled forward under fire from machine-guns and snipers and killed two Germans who were operating a machine-gun in a tree.