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 Saddler Lewis B. McLawhon (ASN: 49243), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chateau-Thierry, France, on 6 June 1918. While attached to the headquarters of a machine-gun company of the Infantry, Saddler McLawhon made eight trips as a runner to and from advance platoons. He showed heroic coolness in the face of machine-gun fire and absolute fearlessness in the execution of his work.