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 David V. Binkley (ASN: 101873), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 168th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Hill No 212, near Sergy, northwest of Chateau-Thierry, France, 28 July 1918. Private Binkley sought and obtained permission to go out in front of our lines and recover his corporal, who was lying severely wounded in the open. He crossed an open area that was swept for more than 50 yards by enemy machine guns, reached the corporal, and carried him safely back into our lines. Later he was wounded, but refused to go to the aid station until his company had won its objective.