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 John Hussey (ASN: 1899366), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Juvin, France, 16 October 1918. After his platoon leader had become a casualty, Sergeant Hussey led his platoon forward with great bravery, under intense direct fire from a machine-gun nest, being killed while in the attack.