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 Sergeant First Class Warren S. Gammell (ASN: 641073), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Section No. 606, Ambulance Service, American Expeditionary Forces, northwest of Somme-Py, near St. Etienne, France, 8 October 1918. Sergeant Gammell showed conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in evacuating the wounded under most trying conditions. He made repeated trips in plain view of the enemy observers over roads under continuous shell fire. He was killed by a shell fragment while riding in an ambulance to an advanced post.