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 First Sergeant Dunk Davis (ASN: 1315838), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bellicourt, France, 29 September 1918. Sergeant Davis voluntarily went forward to attack enemy machine guns, which were carefully concealed and raising havoc with his section of the line. He succeeded in putting both posts out of action and killing all the occupants.