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 Corporal Clarence A. Davis (ASN: 100707), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 168th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cote-de-Chatillon, France, 4 October 1918. During the attack Corporal Davis made his way forward through intense artillery and machine-gun fire to rescue a wounded comrade. When he had reached a point about 25 yards in front of the enemy trenches he found that the man was dead, and he, himself, so seriously wounded that he was compelled to return.