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 Sergeant John W. Schwegler (ASN: 1210086), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ronssoy, France, 28 September 1918. Sergeant Schwegler went forward from a front line trench in daylight for a distance of 60 yards through enemy machine-gun and sniper’s fire, and brought back a wounded soldier to shelter.