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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Herbert W. Barrett, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Blanc Mont, France, 3 October 1918. Reorganizing his company after the other officers had become casualties, Lieutenant Barrett led them in an attack, capturing a machine-gun nest, capturing or killing the crew. Under heavy fire, he rescued two of his men who had been wounded and buried by a high-explosive shell. He was wounded while administering first aid to one of his men, under machine-gun fire.