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 Corporal Thomas E. Wilder (ASN: 1448605), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Baulny, France, 28 September 1918. After all of his squad but himself had been killed by the explosion of a shell, and after half of one hand had been carried away by a piece of shell, Corporal Wilder valiantly continued the combat until he himself was killed.