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 Easter Edward Keeper (ASN: 3485610), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-Harville, 10 November 1918. Volunteering for the service, Private Keeper went out in advance of our lines, under heavy machine-gun fire, to cut lanes through wide belts of barbed wire. Despite the enemy fire, to which he was constantly exposed, he accomplished his mission, enabling the attacking waves to resume the advance.