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 Max S. Kos (ASN: 2004446), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Thibault, France, August 8 – 9, 1918. Private Kos volunteered to patrol the valley along the railroad tracks north of St. Thibault for the purpose of locating machine-gun nests. He was wounded early in the morning, but he remained in the valley until the next night, securing the information for which he was sent, and killing two Germans.