The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private First Class Tod Ford Gillett (ASN: 10381), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Section No. 647, Ambulance Service, American Expeditionary Forces, on 19 June 1918, near Beaumont, France. Private First Class Gillett volunteered to proceed with his ambulance under heavy bombardment to bring wounded men to a place of safety. While returning on this perilous trip he was killed by a shell.