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Frank
Howard Adams of Indiana
Appointed from Indiana, Private, Corporal, Serveant and First Sergeant, Companies G, H, and I, 17th U. S. Infantry, 17 August 1893 to 16 November 1896 and 27 July 1897 to 12 August 1900 Second Lieutenant, 16th U. S. Infantry, 25 July 1900 ADAMS, FRANK H. Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Home: Vincennes, Indiana 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: July 15, 1918 General Orders No. No. 101, W.D., 1918 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank H. Adams, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Dormans, France, on July 15, 1918. Lieutenant Colonel Adams was conspicuous for
gallantry in action when, with courage and forcefulness and without regard
to his personal safety, he voluntarily organized detachments of units other
than his own and led them into effective combat.
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