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 Herman Obermeyer (ASN: 551706), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Charteves, France, 22 July 1918. His company being temporarily halted by machine-gun fire from the front, Corporal Obermeyer, with one man, advanced ahead of our lines through heavy machine-gun fire, attacked an enemy post and captured eight prisoners. Due to his act of daring, the company was able to continue its advance.