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 Private Earl Clinton Presley (ASN: 2782927), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Eclisfontaine, France, 29 September 1918. Private Presley volunteered and went to the assistance of a wounded comrade who was seen making his way to our lines, exposed to machine-gun and sniper fire which infested the woods at our direct front.