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 Clarence S. Wright (ASN: 1309482), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ponchaux, France, 7 October 1918. Accompanying an officer, Corporal Wright aided him in putting two enemy machine-guns out of action. He then carried the information which they secured through a heavy machine-gun barrage to battalion headquarters. Later, when his platoon commander had been wounded, Corporal Wright took command and led the platoon until he was himself wounded.