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 Frank Howard Raymond (ASN: 281485), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Romagne, France, 14 October 1918. In the attack on Cote Dame Marie, the 126th Infantry was held up owing to intense machine-gun fire and grenades. Corporal Raymond volunteered as a member of a combat patrol which cut through the enemy lines, captured ten machine-guns, killed and captured 15 of the enemy, and forced others to surrender. They cleared that part of the Cote Dame Marie of the enemy, enabling the regiment to continue their advance.