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 Philip Garey (ASN: 1211451), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ronssoy, France, 29 September 1918. Organizing a platoon of survivors of a battalion, Sergeant Garey led them in attack against the enemy. Under terrific shell and machine-gun fire, he advanced against the enemy machine-gun nest, and by the effective use of hand grenades, killed or wounded the crew and destroyed the gun.