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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Gordon Lockwood Schenck, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Argonne Forest, near Binarville, France, October 3 – 7, 1918. While his battalion was surrounded by the enemy, Lieutenant Schenck, by his heroic conduct, while repulsing frequent enemy attacks, inspired his command. Fearlessly exposing himself to fire, he seized his rifle and ran to the top of a bank in front of his company’s position where he was able to throw hand grenades at the enemy until killed by an enemy shell.