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 Walter John Steede (ASN: 302781), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 168th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Forest De Fere, near Nesles, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 26 to 2 August 1918. Private Steede distinguished himself during the advance of his regiment in the Forest De Fere, by his voluntary, authorized and untiring efforts in carrying in the wounded, both by day and by night, under the most severe and dangerous circumstances, and especially when the town of Sergy was under heavy bombardment, July 29 – 31, 1918.