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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Howard Hopkins Van Voris, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Waereghem, Belgium, October 30 – 31, 1918. As battalion intelligence officer, Lieutenant Van Voris on the night before the engagement was tireless in his efforts to maintain liaison on the flanks of his battalion. The next day, against the advice of senior officers, he made repeated reconnaissance of the front lines in the face of heavy shell and machine-gun fire. Penetrating beyond the infantry lines on one of these patrols, Lieutenant Van Voris was killed by machine-gun fire.