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 William Solomon Yockey (ASN: 3487215), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Sedan, France, November 6 – 7, 1918. Private Yockey voluntarily led two other men in an attack on a machine-gun nest, which was delivering a withering fire on the company and delaying its advance. By the skill and bravery of this attack, the enemy was killed and the advancing company saved from a dangerous flanking fire.