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) Benjamin Bullock, III, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 3d Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Nantillois, France, September 28 – 29, 1918. On the afternoon of September 28 Lieutenant Bullock displayed great bravery and fearlessness by assisting two wounded to a place of safety, while under heavy sniper and artillery fire. On the morning of September 29 Lieutenant Bullock again demonstrated great bravery by advancing alone into a wood and killing a sniper. On the afternoon of 29 September while carrying a message to regimental post of command he was killed by a high-explosive shell.