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 Corporal James Otto Fields (ASN: 2162849), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 130th Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Fresnes-en-Woevre, France, 10 November 1918. With utter disregard of his personal danger Corporal Fields went into an intense enemy barrage to rescue a wounded soldier. While accomplishing this heroic feat he was seriously wounded.