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 Captain (Dental Corps) William Lee Davidson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 115th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, north of Verdun, France, 12 October 1918. Captain Davidson, while attending wounded under heavy fire, was himself wounded by several pieces of shell fragments. Regardless of his own wounds, he continued in his care of the wounded, refusing to be treated until his regiment was relieved from the line, when several pieces of shell were removed from his head and shoulders.