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 Technician Fifth Grade Thomas Warren Pettengill (ASN: 31110882), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as a Medical Aidman with the 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in France, on 29 November 1944. Technician Fifth Grade Pettengill’s repeated acts of heroism while serving as an Aidman with the 317th Infantry distinguished him as an outstanding soldier. Without thought for his own safety he continually braved enemy fire to give aid to his comrades. On 29 November 1944, at the height of fierce action during a determined enemy counter-attack near Teting Camp, France, he was with the forward elements, evacuating and treating the wounded under heavy fire. When he himself was painfully wounded he refused evacuation and bravely continued at his task. Technician Fifth Grade Pettengill’s supreme courage and heroic, unselfish devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 80th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.