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 Private Frederic Leo Klanska (ASN: 2338833), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 4th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Le Channel, France, 26 July 1918. Private Klanska at great personal risk voluntarily left his shelter and went 100 yards into an open field swept by heavy machine-gun fire and brought in a wounded man on his back.