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 Dietz (ASN: 562072), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Fays, France, 6 October 1918. When one of Sergeant Dietz’s men was wounded and his clothing and bandolier of ammunition caught fire, he cried for help, and Sergeant Dietz left a place of safety and, regardless of his personal safety, went through intense machine-gun fire and rescued him.