The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Ernest Clifton Rinehart (ASN: 1311529), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Martin Revere, France, 11 October 1918. Seeing a wounded comrade lying helpless in a most exposed position in front of our lines, Corporal Rinehart unhesitatingly braved the murderous fire of machine-guns and snipers by going forward to his rescue. He succeeded in bringing in the wounded man, after he had seen a stretcher bearer instantly killed in attempting the same mission.