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 Sergeant Earl Billingsley (ASN: 2387705), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 61st Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Dun-sur-Meuse, France, 5 November 1918. Sergeant Billingsley voluntarily went forward alone against an enemy machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance of his line, wounding and capturing one prisoner and putting the remaining occupant to flight.