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 Ben G. Davis (ASN: 1323057), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 115th Machine-Gun Battalion, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ypres, Belgium, 23 August 1918. When several members of his platoon were severely wounded by shell fire, Private Davis, though himself wounded, went through the bombardment to a dugout and procured assistance for his comrades, guiding a rescuing party to their assistance.