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 Sergeant John L. Clabby (ASN: 60916), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Epieds, France, 23 July 1918. During the advance by his platoon upon machine-gun nests in Trugny Woods Sergeant Clabby observed a German machine gun on his right flank. He charged it single-handed in the face of its fire, killed the gunners, and destroyed the gun.