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 Edward L. Dion, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 102d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in defending his post during the Seicheprey engagement on the morning of 20 April 1918. Although completely surrounded by the enemy on several occasions, Private Dion fought them off with grenades and rifle fire, finally succeeding in driving them away, after which he carried a wounded comrade through a rain of shrapnel to a first-aid station and returned to his post.