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 Joseph W. Klapetzky (ASN: 1789740), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 314th Ambulance Company, 304th Sanitary Train, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montfaucon, France, 29 September 1918. Corporal Klapetzky went through heavy shell fire into a station which he knew contained a large quantity of ammunition in order to rescue two wounded German prisoners. He succeeded in carrying them to safety.