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 Corporal Fred F. Curran (ASN: 2780146), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 363d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Very, France, 26 September 1918. Corporal Curran accompanied a lieutenant on an attack against a nest of enemy snipers on. September 26. They succeeded in killing two, wounding one, and taking the remaining two prisoners.