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 Jeremiah A. Phelan (ASN: 1911315), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Cornay, France, October 9 – 10, 1918. After fighting for six hours, Corporal Phelan volunteered to accompany 15 other soldiers and an officer on night patrol of the town of Cornay, which was held by many machine-gun posts. The party worked from 11 o’clock at night till next morning in clearing buildings and dugouts of the enemy, capturing 65 prisoners and two machine-guns. With six others, Corporal Phelan volunteered and entered a dugout, where 23 prisoners were captured. He was wounded while leaving the town, but he refused to go to the aid station until the prisoners had been delivered at brigade headquarters.