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 Earnest Edwin Perdew (ASN: 2267260), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Eclisfontaine, France, 28 September 1918. Assisted by another sergeant, and leading a combat group across an open valley under constant hostile fire, Sergeant Perdew completed the capture of four machine-gun nests and three prisoners.