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 Edwin Eugene Paul (ASN: 1212002), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ronssoy, France, 29 September 1918. Private Paul fearlessly ran in front of a tank under heavy machine-gun fire in order to drag a wounded officer out of the path of its advance. Shortly after, although himself severely wounded, he again exposed himself to heavy fire in order to render aid to a wounded corporal. While bandaging the corporal’s leg he was hit by a shell fragment and killed.