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 Herbert Morehead (ASN: 106404), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 3d Machine-Gun Battalion, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Very, France, 9 October 1918. Sergeant Morehead led forward two reorganized squads of machine gunners during an intense shelling, in order to protect an open flank, on which a counter attack was imminent. Entirely exposed, he placed his guns in a most effective position, resisting until the enemy had been thrown back, although severely wounded in the combat.