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 Bugler Hildred Daniel Davis (ASN: 1392055), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 124th Machine-Gun Battalion, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Butgneville, France, 11 November 1918. When his platoon and the infantry company to which it was attached were held up by hostile obstructions and machine-gun fire, Bugler Davis volunteered and carried a message to the left flank of the company. A few minutes afterwards he again distinguished himself by leaving the cover of a trench, going forward under heavy machine-gun fire, and helping rescue a wounded officer.