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 Francis Paul Malone (ASN: 109795), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 102d Machine-Gun Battalion, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Trugny, France, July 22 – 23, 1918. After all the other members of his squad had become casualties, Corporal Malone volunteered and led two other squads on a machine-gun nest which he had located and put it out of action with the first burst of shot. Later he helped dress wounded men of his squad and evacuated them under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. Although severely gassed next day, Corporal Malone continued in the advance.