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 Corporal Sampson Richards (ASN: 97564), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, 14 October 1918. When his platoon had become scattered during an attack and his platoon commander had been killed, Corporal Richards, although himself seriously wounded, reorganized the platoon under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and turned the platoon over to the nest in command ready for the assault before he permitted himself to be evacuated, thereby setting to his associated an example of utter disregard for danger and remarkable coolness and courage in the face of the enemy.