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 Corporal William Holroyd McGinnis (ASN: 567996), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 12th Machine-Gun Battalion, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chery-Chartreuve, France, 10 August 1918. An incendiary shell exploded near a large ammunition dump, near which his company was resting, wounding several of his comrades and setting fire to a portion of the dump. While a second explosion was imminent, Corporal McGinnis rushed into the flames and dragged a wounded man to safety.