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 Private James G. Rieck (ASN: 1040), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 166th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Villers-sur-Fere, France, 27 July 1918. Severely wounded while doing first-aid work, Private Rieck declined to go to the rear, but dressed his own wound and continued to advance with his battalion, treating the wounded and assisting in their evacuation until he was sent to the hospital 12 hours later.