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 Private Earl Raymond Siner (ASN: 1756625), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Thiaucourt, France, 26 September 1918. While his company was on outpost duty, Private Siner crawled out from a trench under heavy enemy fire to rescue a wounded comrade and was instantly killed by a bursting shell just as he had reached the wounded man.