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 Rufus Edwin Wiseman (ASN: 92432), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 29 July 1918, to 2 August 1918. Corporal Wiseman was in charge of a detail for carrying ammunition to a machine-gun section. He had performed his duties and had been given permission to withdraw to the rear, but he remained with his detail for four days on the firing line under a heavy bombardment and machine-gun fire, assisting the machine-gun crew. During these four days he was suffering from the effects of gas but refused to be evacuated.