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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Richard Lyle Simpson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 56th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Preny, France, 29 October 1918. In charge of a patrol, Lieutenant Simpson had located the exact position of the enemy and was withdrawing, when he discovered that one man was missing. Although wounded himself, he went back, finding that the man had been killed and was entangled in the enemy’s wire. Unable to recover the body and being wounded the second time, he covered the withdrawal of his patrol and returned with his report.