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 Corporal [then Private] Birtrus Kemmerer (ASN: 1457369), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Baulny, France, 26 September 1918. Seeing his battalion adjutant lying wounded several hundred yards in front of our lines, and in great danger from heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, Corporal Kemmerer, with a total disregard for personal danger, went to the assistance of this officer and succeeded in carrying him to safety. This gallant soldier was himself wounded while performing this heroic act.