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 Sergeant Clarence Leslie Wright (ASN: 1379056), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery C, 124th Field Artillery, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Romagne, France, 1 November 1918. After three members of his gun crew had been wounded, during heavy enemy shell fire, Sergeant Wright alone continued to keep his piece in action for 15 minutes until assistance reached him. He was wounded in action shortly afterward.