The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private James Raymond Bower (ASN: 2288499), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 362d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Gesnes, France, 29 September 1918. Private Bower was with his company commander and three other soldiers, firing at Germans in trees, when he observed another group of the enemy about to open fire on his party. He directed attention toward the enemy in order to warn his company commander and the other soldiers. In so doing he drew the first shots from the Germans and was killed.