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 Private Wayne D. Mounts (ASN: 3167397), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 15th Machine-Gun Battalion, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brieulles, France, 4 November 1918. Although suffering painfully from a severe shoulder wound, Private Mounts refused to reveal his condition, but courageously remained on duty until the termination of hostilities seven days later.