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 Charles Howard (ASN: 145424), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery B, 151st Field Artillery, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Suippes, France, 15 July 1918. After all communication by telephone had been destroyed by heavy enemy shell fire, Private Howard volunteered and carried a message to the artillery post of command, calling for a barrage at several critical points, through an area subject to terrific shell fire.