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 First Class Clinton Day (ASN: 2264227), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Thibault, France, 7 August 1918. Private Day repeatedly volunteered and carried messages from his company in the front line across an open field swept by enemy machine-gun and sniper fire, to the battalion post command. He also voluntarily made trips across this dangerous area for the purpose of filling canteens for wounded soldiers and securing stretchers.