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 Hugh Kartchner Gale (ASN: 1622152), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 8th Machine-Gun Battalion, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, north of Cierges, France, 4 October 1918. When the attack on Hill 241 was held up, Private Gale led a few infantrymen and machine gunners forward under artillery and machine-gun fire to establish a new line about a kilometer in advance of our front lines. He was mortally wounded while making the dash forward.