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 Private Guy Almer Nelson (ASN: 2157873), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 1st Gas Regiment, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Jure, near Gercourt, France, 26 September 1918. Private Nelson volunteered, with another soldier, to attack a machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance. They advanced against very heavy machine-gun fire and captured the position, killing two Germans and routing the remainder of the gun crew.