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 Sergeant Wallace Green (ASN: 734184), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Frapelle, France, 17 August 1918. Sergeant Green unhesitatingly and with great coolness and courage went forward under a heavy enemy barrage to destroy wire entanglements and continued this hazardous work until killed.