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 Louis Dewey Goodrich (ASN: 156246), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 2d Engineers, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, from Lucy-de-Bocage to Bouresches, France, 9 June 1918. Private Goodrich voluntarily carried an important message from Lucy-le-Bocage to Bouresches in daylight along an open road between the lines exposed to small-arms fire.