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 First Class Charles Holmes (ASN: 3132516), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Gesnes, France, 14 October 1918. Private Holmes carried to safety a wounded officer, passing over a path blocked by two barbed-wire obstacles, and enfiladed by enemy machine-gun fire. After successfully accomplishing this perilous mission, Private Holmes succeeded in working his way back to his company over the same route, in the face of heavy fire.