The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Sergeant Sydney G. Gumpertz (ASN: 1388848), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 29 September 1918, while serving with Company E, 132d Infantry, 33d Division, in action at Bois-de-Forges, France. When the advancing line was held up by machinegun fire, First Sergeant Gumpertz left the platoon of which he was in command and started with two other soldiers through a heavy barrage toward the machinegun nest. His two companions soon became casualties from bursting shells, but First Sergeant Gumpertz continued on alone in the face of direct fire from the machinegun, jumped into the nest and silenced the gun, capturing nine of the crew.