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 Raymond George Rowbottom (ASN: 1244187), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fismette, France, 12 August 1918. With an automatic rifle team, Corporal Rowbottom occupied a house in an advanced position west of Fismette, on the night of 12 August the loss of which would have jeopardized his company’s position and hindered the military operations then taking place. The enemy shot a flare into the house, setting fire to it, but Corporal Rowbottom and a companion, under machine-gun and sniper fire in a brilliantly lighted room, extinguished the flames.