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 Robert Bascom (ASN: 80766), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Badricourt, Alsace, France, 19 July 1918. During an enemy raid on a platoon sector, Private Bascom, although wounded three times by shell fragments, carried a message through artillery barrages to the company headquarters and returned with reinforcements. He did not accept first aid until after the raid had been repulsed.