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 Edward Sittler (ASN: 2855903), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 341st Machine-Gun Battalion, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Bantheville, France, 24 October 1918. Although himself severely wounded in the leg by shell fire, Private Sittler did not report for medical attention until he had given first aid and assisted in carrying other wounded soldiers to the first-aid station, a distance of six kilometers. After all of his comrades had received attention, he had his own wounds dressed and was evacuated to the hospital.