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 Nelson Burleigh (ASN: 262223), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 31 July 1918. Although severely wounded, Private Burleigh crawled to an exposed and dangerous place where a comrade lay seriously injured and rendered first aid, thereby saving his comrade’s life.