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 Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Allan S. Dayton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 107th Field Artillery, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fismes, France, 6 September 1918. Lieutenant Dayton led a patrol out of the infantry lines in order to adjust the artillery fire on machine-guns which were holding up the advance. It was found necessary to advance about half a mile beyond the front lines across open ground swept by machine-gun fire, but, undaunted, this officer continued on for half an hour until he established telephone communications with his regiment. Having finished his work, Lieutenant Dayton helped to carry a wounded officer back through an enemy barrage safely to our lines.