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 Glen Owen McEwen (ASN: 74459), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 161st Infantry Regiment, 1st Gas Regiment (Attached), 41st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Moulin de Guenoville, France, 26 September 1918. Sergeant McEwen, with three other soldiers, advanced nearly 200 yards over an open hillside exposed to machine-gun fire, and carried two wounded men to the protection of a nearby trench.