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 First Class Ernest Grier Lord (ASN: 794736), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 15th Machine-Gun Battalion, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Frapelle, France, 17 August 1918. Private Lord, although wounded severely early in the action and suffering great pain, refused to quit his squadron, but advanced with it until its objective was reached.