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 First Class Walter J. McCann (ASN: 2946), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 104th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Bois Brule, France. During the action of 10 April 1918, Private First Class McCann displayed conspicuous gallantry by leaving shelter and running through a heavily shelled area to pick up a wounded soldier and carry him unaided and at great personal risk to a dressing station.