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 Robert J. Walshe (ASN: 1286089), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 110th Machine-Gun Battalion, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Mallesville Farm, France, 23 October 1918. Corporal Walshe remained with a wounded comrade, and gave him all possible aid under a severe bombardment of high explosive and gas shells. He later secured assistance and carried the wounded soldier to a first aid station.