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 William D. Ankudovitch (ASN: 1253167), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery A, 109th Field Artillery, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Courville, France, 29 August 1918. When, the battery position was being subjected to concentrated enemy fire, a shell burst near Corporal Ankudovitch’s gun, wounding him and four other members of the gun crew. Disregarding his own injuries, Corporal Ankudovitch assisting in caring for the other men and carrying them to the rear until he fell, exhausted from loss of blood.