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 Sergeant Benjamin S. Weber (ASN: 1705234), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Fond-de-Vas, France, 14 September 1918. Although severely wounded, Sergeant Weber continued to lead his platoon in an attack on enemy machine-gun nests, through a sweeping artillery and machine-gun fire, until he fell, completely exhausted.