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 Alfred Wilkerson (ASN: 2105602), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 2d Engineers, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Jaulny, France, 12 September 1918. Private Wilkerson and another soldier who were acting as wire cutters with the first line of infantry, fought their way forward in advance of their unit and were the first men to enter Jaulny, while it was swept by machine-gun fire, infested with snipers, and still occupied by rear-guard detachments of the enemy. After capturing eight Germans in a dugout, they courageously searched the caves in the town, and took 55 prisoners.