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 Leonard Anderson (ASN: 1308354), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Premont, France, 8 October 1918. Wounded by shell fire, Corporal Anderson led an automatic rifle team forward under intense enemy fire, to knock out an enemy machine-gun position which had held up the advance of his company. He refused to be evacuated until the final objective had been reached.