The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant Roy E. McComb (ASN: 2183787), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Foret De Jaulny, France, 4 November 1918. Sergeant McComb led a section of machine guns with great courage, under heavy enemy artillery and machine-gun fire, silencing three hostile machine-gun nests. Repeatedly exposing himself in order to get the maximum fire effect, this soldier was fatally wounded and died the same day.