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 Berte Leroy Kinkade (ASN: 57247), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Exermont, France, 4 October 1918. When a German 77-mm. gun supported by numerous machine guns broke the tank attack and held up the infantry advance, Corporal Kinkade, with two scouts, made an encircling movement amid heavy fire and put the gun out of action, capturing the entire crew. They cleaned out the enemy dugouts in the vicinity and returned with forty prisoners, including an officer.