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 Lenno H. Brandt (ASN: 43704), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fleville, France, 4 October 1918. Corporal Brandt, with one companion, advanced ahead of his organization, exposed to heavy fire, and silenced an enemy machine-gun nest which had halted his company.