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 Private First Class Harry E. Garber (ASN: 1097441), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery F, 21st Field Artillery, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montauville, France, 24 October 1918. When an enemy shell set fire to the powder dump of his battery, Private Garber crossed a shell-swept area to warn his companions of the danger from the threatened explosion of the dump. He then re-crossed the shelled area to notify his officers of the conflagration and returned to the burning dump to assist in saving some of the powder.