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 Thomas F. Walsh (ASN: 1903338), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 326th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Juvin, France, 16 October 1918. Advancing under heavy artillery and incessant machine-gun fire for a distance of 200 yards, Corporal Walsh rescued a wounded comrade and brought him safely back to our lines.