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 Sergeant Stanley F. Cerbin (ASN: 47469), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Exermont, France, 4 and 5 October 1918. On 4 October Sergeant Cerbin led a small group through heavy fire and captured an enemy machine-gun nest with its crew of six men. The following day he again assisted in the capture of a machine-gun nest. Sergeant Cerbin later, after all officers had become casualties, took command of the company and led it forward to its objective.