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 Mechanic Lawrence Conroy (ASN: 1737034), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Grand Pre, France, 23 October 1918. Seeing a comrade lying wounded in front of our lines, Mechanic Conroy voluntarily made his way forward and rescued the man from direct machine-gun fire. After all platoon leaders had become casualties, he assumed command and very creditably directed the action throughout the entire attack.