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 Fred Norton Rapp (ASN: 572451), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-du-Fays, France, 5 October 1918. While exposed to an exceptionally heavy barrage in the Bois-de-Fay, Corporal Rapp left his shelter and went to the aid of a seriously wounded comrade. He was killed by a fragment, from a high-explosive shell while in the performance of this gallant mission.