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 Sergeant Elmer Evenson (ASN: 284813), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 128th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Juvigny, France, 30 August 1918. Sergeant Evenson voluntarily made five trips in front of the line, under intense machine-gun and artillery fire, and brought in five wounded men, who had been left in an exposed position after a withdrawal of the line.