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 First Class Otto Albert Schwanke (ASN: 2024343), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Sergy, France, 1 August 1918. Private First Class Schwanke displayed the greatest devotion to duty, loyalty, and courage by repeatedly volunteering, night and day, to carry messages under the heaviest machine-gun and shell fire from his battalion commander to the company commanders, thereby maintaining efficient liaison at all times.