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 Corporal Levi W. Griswold (ASN: 1456183), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Montrebeau Woods, France, 29 September 1918. During a hostile counterattack Corporal Griswold, with absolute disregard for personal safety, crept out from a shell hole under terrific machine-gun fire and gas bombardment in an attempt to assist a wounded comrade to adjust his gas mask. He was killed in the performance of this self-sacrificing mission.