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 William R. Myers (ASN: 1449934), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 137th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Baulny, France, 28 September 1918. Early on the morning of 28 September Sergeant Myers was wounded in the shoulder by a machine-gun bullet. In spite of his wound he continued under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, to render first aid to the wounded until wounded a second time by a shell fragment.