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 Private Raymond D. Kempton (ASN: 1280007), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 114th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 12 October 1918. Although severely wounded in the arm, Private Kempton refused to go to the rear, and after receiving first aid treatment rejoined his platoon under heavy shell fire and continued to fight until incapacitated by a second severe wound.