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 Edward Rischmann (ASN: 2412427), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Grand Pre, France, 23 October 1918. Private Rischmann was a member of an assaulting party which stormed and captured the Citadel at Grand-Pre. He scaled the wall and alone entered a dugout, from which he captured 45 Germans, guarding them until assistance arrived.