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 Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Roy B. Foureman, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 308th Trench Mortar Battery, 158th Field Artillery Brigade, 83d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brabant sur Meuse, France, 23 October 1918. During the offensive action in Boissois Bois the four trench mortars operated by Lieutenant Foureman’s platoon were put out of action. Under an enemy barrage Lieutenant Foureman went from gun to gun, encouraging his men to continued effort until his last gun was out of action, when he turned his attention to assisting the wounded.