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 Edward Nathan Lindquist (ASN: 46198), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, south of Soissons, France, 19 July 1918. His platoon having been halted by heavy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Lindquist went forward through heavy machine-gun fire and, single-handed, attacked an enemy sniper who, armed with a light machine gun, was inflicting many casualties on his organization. He killed the sniper and thus enabled his organization to continue the advance.