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 First Class Herbert O. Champion (ASN: 1328377), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Sanitary Detachment, 105th Engineers (Attached), 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Proven, Belgium, 16 July 1918. When an enemy airplane dropped a bomb in the camp of his organization killing one soldier and wounding seven including himself, Private Champion administered first aid to the other wounded, helped carry them to the dressing station, and there gave further assistance in dressing and evacuating the wounded men, never mentioning his own serious injuries until he knew that all the others had been cared for.