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 Corporal Louis Sielski (Sielsky) (ASN: 1901027), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 326th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Juvin, France, October 17 – 21, 1918. Leading a daylight patrol across an exposed hillside through terrific artillery and machine-gun fire to locate enemy machine-guns, Corporal Sielsky secured valuable information and carried it back to the battalion commander. While leading a similar daylight patrol four days later, he was seriously wounded in two places by machine-gun fire, after displaying inspiring bravery and devotion to duty.