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 Supply Sergeant Byron W. Peyton (ASN: 92472), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Supply Company, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 29 July 1918. In response to a call from the attacking battalion for ammunition Sergeant Peyton drove a combat wagon in broad daylight into the front-line positions near Fere-en-Tardenois, and delivered the ammunition required by his comrades on the front.