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 John McIntyre (ASN: 1467559), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 110th Engineers, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cheppy, France, 26 September 1918. While a member of a platoon of wire-cutters, Sergeant McIntyre, with another sergeant, attacked and captured an enemy machine-gun nest that was holding up our advance. One officer, six men and two guns were taken, in the face of intense machine-gun fire.