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 Lawrence Gannt Sale (ASN: 1596196), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Argonne Forest, France, 9 October 1918. After all the platoon runners had been killed or wounded, Private Sale volunteered and carried an important message through heavy machine-gun and artillery barrage.