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 Private First Class Arthur C. Slicklen (ASN: 89592), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Villers-sur-Fere, France, July 28 – 29, 1918. Under a severe bombardment of artillery and heavy machine-gun fire, Private Slicklen voluntarily went forward three times and brought wounded comrades back to safety, after helping to disperse enemy snipers and grenadiers that had been threatening the left flank of his company. On the following day with the troops leading the attack on Meurcy Farm, under a deadly machine gun fire from front and flank, he displayed the greatest coolness and courage until wounded four times and carried from the field.