The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Victor A. Cleveland (ASN: 1384760), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 130th Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Chaume, France, 12 October 1918. Corporal Cleveland led a detail to the rescue of an officer who had been caught in the heavy barrage of gas and high-explosive shells and seriously wounded. In his efforts to get the wounded officer to an aid station this courageous soldier was killed.