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 Private First Class Roy C. Wilson (ASN: 1252856), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Sanitary Detachment, 106th Field Artillery (Attached), 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Villette, France, 6 September 1918. Private Wilson voluntarily went forward under heavy enemy artillery fire and rendered first aid to wounded men of the 103d Engineers who were lying in an exposed position. He then crawled along a railroad track for about 300 yards, secured an ambulance which had been abandoned due to the intensity of enemy shell fire, and made three trips over a bridge under continual fire to an advanced dressing station, safely evacuating 14 of the wounded.