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 Pearl D. Chartier (ASN: 2176261), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Charpentry, France, 27 September 1918. Private Chartier voluntarily, went forward in the face of intense artillery and machine-gun fire and cut gaps through wire entanglements, in order to facilitate the advance of his battalion.