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 Henry Grady Hensley (ASN: 1098784), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 56th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Preny, France, 1 November 1918. When the position of his platoon became untenable on account of machine-gun fire from a nest in their front, Sergeant Hensley attacked the nest alone and succeeded in driving off the enemy with hand grenades.