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 Captain (Medical Corps) Harry Ray Wheat, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 125th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, August 1 – 6, 1918, from Sergy to Mont St. Martin, France, between the Ourcq and Vesle Rivers. During the attack on 1 August 1918, Captain Wheat went forward with the first wave and established a dressing station in an advanced position to render immediate aid to the wounded. On 5 August at St. Martin, after having been knocked down by the explosion of a shell and while under severe shell and machine-gun fire, he displayed exceptional coolness and devotion to duty in rendering surgical attention to others who had been wounded by the same shell.