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 H. Kuhlman (ASN: 2039948), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 116th Ambulance Company, 103d Sanitary Train, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Haumont, France, 11 October 1918. Private Kuhlman, a stretcher bearer, gave proof of great courage and high sense of duty by helping transport a wounded soldier to a dressing station under heavy fire, by which three other stretcher bearers were killed or seriously wounded. Private Kuhlman was himself wounded, but he nevertheless returned to the shell-swept area and assisted in rescuing a wounded officer and six wounded soldiers.