The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private William M. Murphy (ASN: 1285586), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 8 October 1918. In the Bois-de-Consenvoye, east of the Meuse, Private Murphy, when his platoon was stopped, voluntarily advanced in the face of direct machine-gun fire, and was killed His gallant conduct was a great inspiration to his comrades, who, following his example, captured the machine-gun nest, approximately 100 prisoners, and several machine guns.