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 Herman Korth (ASN: 2305645), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 121st Machine-Gun Battalion, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Juvigny, north of Soissons, France, 31 August 1918. Under heavy fire from machine guns and artillery, Sergeant Korth crawled to the crest of a hill, setting stakes to line our artillery on enemy machine-gun emplacements. He remained in observation in this perilous position for half an hour, signaling back when our own troops were endangered by the fire of the batteries.