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 Sergeant First Class Arthur E. Nelson (ASN: 198200), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vaux, France, on 1 July 1918. Under heavy bombardment, while sick Sergeant First Class Nelson went to maintain communication with an attacking battalion of the infantry and was killed in this heroic action.