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 Edward E. Hintz (ASN: 65518), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 102d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bouresches, France, 20 July 1918. Although seriously wounded, Corporal Hintz remained on duty, and, with nine remaining men of his platoon, assisted in filling a gap between his company and the company on the right, a distance of about 200 yards, until support arrived.