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 Matthew George Grahek, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company M, 339th Infantry, 85th Division (Detachment in North Russia), in action near Obozerskaya, Russia, 29 September 1918. Sergeant Grahek voluntarily went forward about 150 yards in advance of our line, exposed to heavy machine-gun and artillery fire, and rescued a wounded comrade. Again, on 1 April 1919, near Bolshieozerke, Russia, he advanced alone with a Lewis gun against enemy snipers concealed in a ditch and routed them.