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 Private Ora Lee Butcher (ASN: 2208393), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Mort Mare, near Flirey, France, 12 September 1918. Private Butcher, on duty as an observer at battalion headquarters, twice volunteered to carry important messages from his battalion commander to company commanders. In so doing he passed through heavy barrages.