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 Francis Xavier Naughton (ASN: 1246140), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Sanitary Detachment, 112th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Argonne Sector, France, 1 October 1918. While mess was being served a shell exploded, killing nine men and wounding 20. Private Naughton, although severely wounded in the chest with shell splinters, one leg blown nearly off and bleeding badly, refused all help until others had been attended to. Skilled in first aid, he instructed others how to adjust a tourniquet and rendered other assistance to the wounded: finally permitting his own wounds, which subsequently caused his death, to be attended after all others had been cared for.