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 Cook William Shefrin (ASN: 1701301), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Ravine de L’Homme Mort near Vauxcere, between the Vesle and Aisne Rivers, 5 September 1918. After both of his feet had been blown off by a bursting shell Cook Shefrin, although mortally wounded, coolly directed the work of rescuing and caring for other wounded men of the kitchen detachment who had been wounded when his transport was struck.