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 Curtis Lee Roy Yeager (ASN: 2003854), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 12 October 1918. Private Yeager, in an exposed position, under heavy machine-gun and artillery barrage, kept up an effective fire from his automatic rifle until severely wounded. After waiting seven hours with a comrade for a stretcher, and only one arriving, although practically unconscious he insisted on his comrade leaving first.