By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Sergeant First Class Clair Petit (ASN: 2019050), United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Sergeant First Class Petit distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with 337th Ambulance Company, American Expeditionary Forces, in action on the Upper Dvina River, Northern Russia, 24 September 1918, in voluntarily evacuating wounded in a row boat through enemy mine fields.