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 Andrew Hamilton Varner (ASN: 1315404), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bellicourt, France. 29 September 1918. Seeing that a wounded companion had been abandoned by stretcher bearers because of intense shelling, Private First Class Varner took two enemy prisoners, and, going out with them for 75 yards through heavy fire, rescued the wounded soldier.