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 Captain (Infantry) Leo Vincent Warner, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 8th Machine-Gun Battalion, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cunel, France, 14 October 1918. Captain Warner, accompanied by a runner, deliberately crossed an open space in order to draw enemy fire and thereby locate hostile positions, securing information which enabled him to maneuver his men into position with a minimum of casualties. He repeatedly visited all parts of his company’s position under fire, and in so doing was wounded.