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 Alexander John Zimborski (ASN: 237697), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 345th Tank Battalion, Tank Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-Montrebeau, France, 4 October 1918. While running his tank into a woods to rout a machine-gun nest, his tank was hit and set on fire. Corporal Zimborski fought on until compelled to leave because of the excessive heat. While he and his gunner were leaving the tank, they were both wounded, and when making an advance on a machine gun, Corporal Zimborski received further wounds, which caused his death.