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 Private Quincy Russell Seymour (ASN: 2186863), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 353d Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Barricourt, France, 2 November 1918. With another soldier, Private Seymour advanced more than 150 yards over an open space swept by fire from 30 enemy machine-guns, for the purpose of drawing the fire of these guns, while the remainder of his company attacked them from the flanks, His self-sacrificing act cost him his life, but enabled his comrades to capture the hostile position.