The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Technician Fourth Grade Paul Falavolito (ASN: 13011940), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company D, ** Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division, in action against enemy forces on 15 November 1944. On that date, Company D was advancing against the enemy near Kirschnaumen, France, when one of the tanks was hit and disabled by artillery fire. Technician Fourth Grade Falavolito, noticing that the hatches of the disabled tank were jammed, trapping the crew, fearlessly left the cover of his own tank to aid his comrades. He coolly worked on the jammed hatches, ignoring the enemy artillery fire falling around him, and freed the crew. He then returned to his own tank and was about to mount when he heard another artillery shell coming. Thinking first of his crew, he shouted to them to close the hatches and was killed by the exploding shell. Technician Fourth Grade Falavolito’s supreme sacrifice for his comrades; his courage and heroic, unselfish devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military service.