The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Alexander Rives Seamon, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Charpentry, France, 26 September 1918. With a combat patrol, Lieutenant Seamon passed through our own weakened barrage and through a heavy enemy barrage, penetrating the enemy line to a depth of about two kilometers, entering the environs of Charpentry and capturing a German headquarters detachment of a dozen officers and men, together with valuable artillery maps showing the location of enemy batteries. Returning to his command, he organized his men and advanced again against a heavily manned and fortified machine-gun nest near Charpentry-Eclisfontaine Road, meeting his death in the advance.