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 Fred Jacob Yochim (ASN: 550251), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Mezy, France, 15 July 1918. When other means of liaison were destroyed by heavy enemy fire, Private Yochim carried numerous messages over routes exposed to heavy artillery fire from units in line to battalion headquarters. In all subsequent engagements of this regiment he exposed himself fearlessly in order to maintain communication until severely wounded near Cunel, 21 October 1918, while carrying a message over area swept by machine-gun fire.