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 Walter H. Blanchard (ASN: 213198), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 344th Tank Battalion, Tank Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, near Varennes, France, 26 September 1918. Corporal Blanchard, in company with an officer, crawled forward under heavy fire at the risk of his own life, and dragged back a wounded man, who was lying about 150 meters in front of our trenches.