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 E. Bradfield (ASN: 1489844), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Etienne, France, 8 October 1918. While advancing with his company, Corporal Bradfield was wounded in the hip by a sniper who was inflicting severe losses on the company. Crawling forward, he killed this sniper, and continued in action even after receiving a second wound. He refused to go to the rear until he was ordered to do so by his company commander.