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 Julian Cisek (ASN: 48445), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Exermont, France, 4 October 1918. After his company had suffered very heavy casualties, Private Cisek reorganized a group of about thirty-five men, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, and led them forward in the attack, a distance of about two kilometers, to the objective. Upon the capture of the objective he assisted in the consolidation of the position taken.