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 Albert C. Presley (ASN: 2285324), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 363d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Eclisfontaine, France, 27 September 1918. Sergeant Presley, with a patrol of four other men, went out to reduce what was thought to be a sniping post; they discovered upon arriving nearer that it was a machine-gun nest and attacked it by a series of short rushes. The attack resulted in the capture of 25 prisoners and two machine-guns.