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 Henry E. Hacker (ASN: 377831), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Apremont, France, 1 October 1918. Private Hacker overheard a lieutenant report to the battalion commander the location of an enemy machine-gun nest which was causing heavy casualties among our troops. Due to heavy shelling, delay in the bringing up of a one-pounder crew was serious, and Private Hacker, realizing the need for immediately silencing the enemy machine-guns, acting on his own initiative, advanced alone over a fire-swept area for about 500 yards, attacked and captured the enemy crews of six men and two machine-guns and brought them back to our lines.