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 Paul William Redeker (ASN: 263946), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Sergy, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 31 July 1918. Corporal Redeker twice volunteered to carry messages from company headquarters to the battalion post of command through heavy machine-gun fire and artillery barrage. He assisted in gathering the elements of the company together after the assault. He volunteered for every dangerous duty and in broad daylight, in full sight of the enemy, dragged wounded to places of shelter.