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 Sergeant Dennis H. Lockard (ASN: 198629), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 2d Field Signal Battalion, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Exermont, France, 5 October 1918. Leading a detail through an intense bombardment, Sergeant Lockard kept in operation the telephone lines of regimental headquarters, thereby enabling his regimental commander to keep in touch with elements on the firing line.