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 First Class Herbert W. Nelson (ASN: 1896562), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 320th Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Xon Hill, France, 13 September 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun and shell fire, he went ahead of his own lines, and with the aid of another soldier, carried back a wounded infantryman, who had fallen far in advance of our lines while on a patrol. Private Nelson displayed marked personal bravery and coolness under fire.