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 Supply Sergeant Isaac G. Kinneer (ASN: 105248), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 2d Machine-Gun Battalion, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, south of Soissons, France, 18 July 1918. Sergeant Kinneer took command of his platoon after his platoon leader had been wounded, and led one of his sections through our own barrage in order to take up a position where he could fire upon two 77-millimeter fieldpieces which were firing point blank on our troops. The fire of this gun was so effective that the guns were captured and the crews were forced to surrender.