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 Sergeant Charles Woodward Stafford (ASN: 93392), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the St. Mihiel offensive, 12 September 1918. Personally reconnoitering an enemy position, Sergeant Stafford encountered and captured single-handed six of the enemy.