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 Ronald D. Lynch (ASN: 731749), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fontaines, France, 7 November 1918. Private Lynch, accompanied by three other soldiers, volunteered and went out under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire to rescue a wounded comrade. Failing in the first attempt, they again tried and this time succeeded in bringing the wounded man to shelter.