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 Roy Harrison Steininger (ASN: 5815), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 9th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Medeah Ferme, France, 4 October 1918. After several men of his company had been wounded, Private Steininger repeatedly left cover, exposing himself in an open field to enemy machine-gun fire, in order to bring in wounded and administer first aid.