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 Corporal Fred C. Stein (ASN: 262506), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 125th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Romagne, France, 9 October 1918. Corporal Stein charged and captured a strong enemy machine-gun neat and immediately turned the gun on the enemy. He was twice wounded while changing the position of the gun, but continued to operate it under heavy shell and machine-gun fire until he received a third wound in the arm, which made it impossible for him to further operate the gun.