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 Private First Class Cornelius Harry Dommet (ASN: 1257013), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 108th Machine-Gun Battalion (Attached), 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Villette, France, 5 September 1918, while serving as first-aid man attached to Company B. Wounded, and sent back to the dressing station, Private Dommet learned that the other first-aid man attacked to his company had been sent back and that the company was without medical aid, he, despite his own wounds and weakened condition, returned to his company under heavy enemy fire and continued to minister to the wounded until relieved and sent to the hospital, where he died as a result of gunshot wounds on 5 September 1918. His great courage and self-sacrifice were an inspiration to the men of his battalion.