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 Edgar Alvin Schrader (ASN: 198706), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 2d Field Signal Battalion, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Berzy-le-Sec, France, July 18 – 21, 1918. Attached to headquarters of the 1st Division as dispatch rider during the operations at Berzy-le-Sec, France, Private Schrader courageously and unhesitatingly passed through areas under steady artillery bombardment to carry messages whose delivery was of vital necessity to the success of the attack.