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 Corporal Walter Phillip Steele (ASN: 43109), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Soissons, France, 18 July 1918. Corporal Steele advanced alone upon an enemy machine-gun nest, shot three of the crew, and continued his efforts to silence the guns until he was wounded.