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 Sergeant Edward A. Duncan (ASN: 1213403), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, east of Ronssoy, France, 29 September 1918. During the operations against the Hindenburg line First Sergeant Duncan displayed great gallantry and courage by going forward under heavy shell and machine-gun and bandaging the wounded and bringing them back to our lines. Throughout the engagement he exhibited a fearless disregard of the enemy’s fire and performed valuable service by organizing new squads when his company was suffering heavy casualties as a result of shell and machine-gun fire.