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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Robert P. Clark, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cantigny, France, 4 July 1918. Accompanied by five men, Lieutenant Clark rushed a trench manned by a greatly superior number of the enemy, and fought until the entire enemy garrison had been killed or wounded. Four of his patrol were killed and one wounded in the encounter. He bandaged the wounded man and returned to our lines, carrying a wounded German prisoner.