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 Allie Swaggerty (ASN: 2381943), United States Army, for repeated acts of extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Madeleine Farm, France, 12 October 1918, and near Clery-le-Petit, France, 2 November 1918. Being on duty with a platoon which was not to take part in the attack, Sergeant Swaggerty asked for and received permission to go over the top with the attacking companies. When the left flank was held up by several machine-gun nests, Sergeant Swaggerty alone cleaned out one of the nests, in addition to cleaning out many German machine-gunners and snipers. Near Clery-le-Petit on 2 November Sergeant Swaggerty again voluntarily accompanied attacking troops, crawling 300 yards under heavy fire and bringing down three machine-gunners out of trees.