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 Sergeant Lewis Edward Whitehead (ASN: 1764979), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at St. Juvin, France, 16 October 1918. Sergeant Whitehead, then corporal, after giving first aid to his platoon leader, who had been wounded, took command of the platoon and led it in an attack in the face of concentrated enemy artillery and machine-gun fire, reaching the objective and effectively protecting the exposed flank of the assaulting battalion with his two guns.