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 Ernest Thomas Siebert (ASN: 3400), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 103d Ambulance Company, 101st Sanitary Train, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Trugny, France, 23 July 1918. Corporal Siebert voluntarily rescued a wounded soldier who was lying on a shell-swept road, by carrying him 300 yards on his back. Although wounded in the shoulder by a shell fragment, he courageously stuck to his task until it was successfully accomplished. His courageous act was an inspiration to his men.