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 Fred Grumley (ASN: 94604), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, east of Reims, France, 15 July 1918. After his rifle had been put out of commission Corporal Grumley jumped to the parapet with hand grenades, with which he aided materially in compelling the retreat of the Germans.