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 Thomas Jefferson Wilson (ASN: 1309186), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Premont, France, 7 October 1918. After his platoon had reached its objective in an exhausted condition and without food or water, he voluntarily exposed himself to heavy fire to get rations and canteens from dead soldiers, who had fallen in exposed positions, and distributed these among the men of his platoon. Later, he carried an important message over ground subjected to intense artillery fire, and, with three other soldiers, carried a wounded officer to a dressing station, over ground commanded by the enemy positions.