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 Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Stacy L. Harding, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 120th Field Artillery, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Malancourt, and Nantillois, France, September 26 to 11 October 1918. On duty as artillery information officer, Lieutenant Harding displayed the utmost courage, fortitude and devotion to duty in maintaining liaison between the infantry and artillery, going repeatedly to the front line and carrying messages for both infantry and artillery commanders. In seeking the location of an infantry company, under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire, Lieutenant Harding searched woods on the Cote Dame Marie, as far as the enemy’s wire, where he was killed by machine-gun fire.