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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Junius I. Boyle, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 147th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois Dommartin, northwest of Thiaucourt, France, 11 October 1918. First Lieutenant Boyle voluntarily and alone made a reconnaissance of the Bois Dommartin, a strongly fortified enemy position, and returned with valuable information. Later, accompanied by another soldier, he again made a reconnaissance, and while returning with valuable information was attacked by a superior enemy force and killed.