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 Monroe Ellet (ASN: 1576886), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery E, 12th Field Artillery, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Thiaucourt, France, 12 September 1918. Acting as spare cannoneer, Private Ellet sprang, at a word from his executive officer, to act as No. 1 in the supplementary gun crew for the first piece, whose entire crew were casualties. He assisted in laying aside the dead and wounded, and continued in the service of his piece until the barrage was captured.