Frank Renfro Stockton served as a private in Company E, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F. during WWI. He was sent to Arizona where skirmishes were fought along the Mexican border. Frank was later sent to St. Georges, France where on 14 October 1918 he volunteered to rescue wounded soldiers out of "no man's land" and was killed in action.

From his Distinguished Service Cross citation:
"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 Frank R. Stockton (ASN: 96634), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., at Lamusard Farm, near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, 14 October 1918. Private Stockton, while acting as litter bearer, went through deadly artillery and machine-gun fire to the aid of some wounded soldiers, disregarding warnings as to the danger in so doing. After administering first aid to one of the wounded, he carried him toward our lines, and had almost reached a place of safety when he was killed by machine-gun fire, having given proof of the highest devotion to duty, courage, and self-sacrifice."

His obituary in the Moulton Advertiser dated 20 Nov 1918, reads:
The sad news of the death of Private Frank R. Stockton, who was killed in action in France, on October 15, has been received by his parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. I. Stockton who live at Curtis Wells, in Morgan county, through a telegram from Washington. Though only 18 years of age he had seen two years of service in the army, having been with Pershing's men on the Mexican border before going to France.
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Lexington Intelligencer, May 23, 1919, Page Two
Lexington, MO.

FRANK B. STOCKTON

Private, Co. E, 167th Infantry

Private Stockton was decorated for unusual bravery in action near
Landres-et St. Georges, France, October 14, 1918. After working all morning in rescuing wounded soldiers, Private Stockton, a stretcher bearer, learned that a man from another company was lying wounded in a shell hole, one hundred yards in advance of the company's position. Ignoring all warnings as to the danger involved, he and another stretcher bearer crawled to the shell hole under violent machine gun fire and found that the man was so severely wounded that he could only be carrier on a litter. Although the wounded soldier attempted to dissuade him from so doing. Private Stockton returned t our line, secured a litter and proceeded once more to the shell hole in direct view of the enemy and under the most intense fire from machine guns 250 yards away. He succeeded in reaching the shell hole
safely, but as he was placing the wounded patient on the litter he was
instantly killed. Private Stockton was a son of Rev. J.A. Stockton, New
Decatur, Ala.