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 Orrie A. Clark (ASN: 1679806), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fismes, France, 5 September 1918. Private Clark volunteered and carried a message from his platoon commander to a squad leader, through continuous shell and machine-gun fire, and was thereby the means of saving the lives of six men of the squad.