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 First Sergeant Ernest Joseph Chartier (ASN: 2216108), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Marie Farm, France, 14 September 1918. First Sergeant Chartier volunteered to go forward with the patrol of three on two occasions, to destroy machine-gun nests, which were holding up our advance. Both missions were successful, the enemy emplacements being reduced and the advance resumed. Sergeant Chartier exposed himself voluntarily to the fire of the enemy guns that they might be located by the flash.