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 Sergeant Galbraith Ward (ASN: 1703569), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Mont-Notre-Dame, France, 10 September 1918. Voluntarily accompanying an officer and enlisted man of his battalion in a search of the Bois-de-Chandriere for the survivors of a battalion which had been relieved from its position in the line, Sergeant War crossed an open field under terrific enemy fire a distance of 600 yards under constant observation of the enemy, sought and found several survivors, and led them back to his own lines. Sergeant Ward was severely wounded in the performance of this hazardous duty and died of pneumonia shortly thereafter.