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 John C. Duncan (ASN: 2178736), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Remonville, France, 1 November 1918. In command of the leading group of his platoon, he encountered a machine-gun nest, containing six guns, about one hundred feet ahead of him. After opening fire on the enemy position, the automatic gunner and carrier of his group were shot. Corporal Duncan then took the automatic rifle and, running forward into the enemy fire shot and took prisoner the German machine-gun crews.