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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Oakley Legare Parkhill, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 61st Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-du-Fays, France, October 13 to 11 November 1918. On 13 October Lieutenant Parkhill, in company with another lieutenant, was wounded by the explosion of a shell. Regardless of his own wound, Lieutenant Parkhill administered first aid to his companion, and carried him to a first-aid station. After he was evacuated to the field hospital, Lieutenant Parkhill refused to be evacuated to the S. O. S. Hospital, and on October IS returned to duty with his company. During the period, October 25 to 11 November while in command of Company E, 61st Infantry, he repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire while reconnoitering and leading his company.