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 Floyd Harrison Wells (ASN: 2158832), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 326th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Juvin, France, 16 October 1918. With another soldier Corporal Wells advanced several hundred yards ahead of the front line, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, and rescued a wounded comrade.