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 Edgar Hazen O’Dell (ASN: 2147883), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Varennes, France, 26 September 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire, Private O’Dell entered a building alone and captured 16 prisoners and four machine-guns. He used an automatic rifle and hand grenades, during his advance to the building, fire from which was checking our advance.