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 Henry William Ewaldt Wetzel (ASN: 274280), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Gesnes, France, October 4 – 20, 1918. Private Wetzel, a company runner, repeatedly volunteered for missions so hazardous that no others would attempt them. At all hours of the day and night over unknown ground, he carried numerous messages in the face of heavy machine-gun and shell fire.