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 Patrick L. McGarry (ASN: 1253447), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery B, 109th Field Artillery, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fismes, France, 5 September 1918. Seeing a wounded comrade lying in an open field swept by an enemy barrage, he showed marked personal bravery in going to the rescue. Forced to expose himself to enemy fire to aid his companions, he himself was mortally wounded.