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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Lynn Harold Harriman, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Humbert Plantation, France, 27 May 1918, while in command of his platoon. Second Lieutenant Harriman was viciously attacked by the enemy in greatly superior numbers. He led his men with determination and great courage, and himself stopped their advance in a side trench. He was mortally wounded but continued to fight on, calling upon and encouraging his men and participating with them in driving the enemy off.