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 E. Dee (ASN: 1211440), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ronssoy, France, 29 September 1918. When the advance of his platoon had been held up by direct machine-gun fire, Sergeant Dee, severely wounded during the advance, went out in plain view of the enemy, pulled the pin of a grenade with his teeth; and, throwing the bomb with his left arm, put the gun and its crew out of action.