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 Arthur Dieter (ASN: 1254583), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 103d Engineers, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at St. Agnan, France, 16 July 1918. On four different occasions during the night of July 16 Private Dieter volunteered and under heavy shell and machine-gun fire successfully rescued wounded comrades.