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 Elmer Lincoln Lane (ASN: 72414), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Bois Brule, France, 13 April 1918. Standing on the parapet of a trench in order to see the advancing enemy through heavy fog, Private Lane continued, under heavy fire, to throw hand grenades at the enemy until severely wounded, thus preventing the enemy from penetrating the line in the vicinity of his post.