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 Corporal Andrew Denn (ASN: 42760), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Soissons, France, 22 July 1918. Reorganizing his platoon, after all officers and noncommissioned officers had become casualties, he led a charge on an enemy machine-gun nest which threatened to annihilate his platoon and halted its advance. Although wounded in the attack, he continued on until he had killed the gunner and the entire crew.