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 Ralph Edward Ord (ASN: 1243700), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, west of Fismette, France, 10 August 1918. Sergeant Ord, with another soldier, voluntarily left a place of safety and crawled through heavy machine-gun and shell fire to the aid of a comrade who had fallen wounded during the withdrawal of their company from an exposed position, carrying him 75 yards across an open area to shelter.