The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Bernard Leo Dolan (ASN: 1735635), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Champignuelle, France, 16 October 1918. Although he was himself wounded, Corporal Dolan left the shelter of a shell hole and went out under terrific machine-gun fire to assist a wounded comrade. In so doing he received another wound, which cause his death.