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 Eric Sigfried Olsen (ASN: 64751), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 102d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Chavignon, France, 28 February 1918. Sergeant Olsen was a member of a working party on the night of 28 February 1918, well out in front of the advance post. His party encountered a violent barrage of the enemy which protected enemy assault troops. He helped to fight off the German troops, and walked back and forth twice under the enemy’s and our own barrage to collect his men. When he heard that his lieutenant was in trouble, he walked back again to his rescue, where the barrage had at first overtaken him.