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 Ray Duty (ASN: 1038082), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery A, 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, October 23 to 26, 1918. Corporal Duty volunteered and succeeded in carrying messages between the front line and advance P.C., when other runners failed to get through under severe fire of artillery and machine guns.