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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Fred Harold Sexton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 113th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Molleville Farm, France, 17 October 1918. During the thickest of the fight in the attack on Molleville Farm Lieutenant Sexton set out alone to locate enemy machine-gun positions. While on this mission he was killed.