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 Corporal Frank Patrick Gordon (ASN: 137189), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery E, 103d Field Artillery, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Seicheprey, France, 20 April 1918. Corporal Gordon displayed conspicuous courage in voluntarily going to the aid of a wounded comrade during which action he and the man he was assisting were killed.