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 Carl William Dasch (ASN: 98757), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during the entire period, July 26 to 1 August 1918, in action northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France. Private Dasch carried messages between the firing line and battalion headquarters through heavy enemy shell fire. On returning from the firing line he would pick up a severely wounded man each time and carry him through the barrage to a first-aid station. He finally became so exhausted he could not continue his work, yet he had to be ordered to report to the aid section for treatment. During the whole series of engagements he did not sleep and taxed his physical endurance to the utmost at all times, setting to his comrades an example of utter disregard of danger and exceptional devotion to duty.