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 Sergeant Albert D. Craven (ASN: 542618), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, north of Cierges, France, 7 October 1918. Sergeant Craven, on three occasions, voluntarily exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire; crawling in advance of our lines, he rescued wounded comrades.