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 Ernest Oren Bailey (ASN: 2155676), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Premont, France, 9 October 1918; and near Molain, France, 17 October 1918. When his company was held up by machine-gun fire, Corporal Bailey carried a message across open ground to a tank commander, whose tank brought the needed support for reducing the nests. On 17 October 1918, in company with an officer, he braved intense shell fire to rescue a wounded soldier.