The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private George Theodore McFarling, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 31 July 1918. Although he was himself severely wounded, Private McFarling crawled over to an exposed and dangerous place to render first aid to a seriously wounded comrade, and while doing so received a fatal wound.