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 First Class Leon R. Alexander (ASN: 2262236), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 348th Machine-Gun Battalion, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Eclisfontaine, France, 27 September – 1 October 1918. Private Alexander repeatedly carried messages between his company and battalion posts of command, through heavy artillery and snipers’ fire.