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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Clinton Lowden Whiting, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near La Harazee, France, September 26 – 28, 1918. During the advance in the Argonne Forest, Lieutenant Whiting exposed himself fearlessly to enemy machine-gun and sniper fire while leading his men and consolidating his position, which was in a marsh covered with wire grass and stunted brush. He continued to lead his men with utter disregard for personal danger until he fell seriously wounded by a machine-gun bullet on the afternoon of September 28 near Binarville.