The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private Victor Andrykowski (ASN: 30812), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Courmont and St. Martin, France, July 31 – 3 August 1918. Throughout the battle to force passage of the Ourcq River and capture the heights beyond, Private Andrykowski, a stretcher bearer, worked day and night, evacuating wounded under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. On 3 August under violent shell fire opposite Mont St. Martin, he made repeated trips between the firing line and the dressing station until he was killed by a shell.