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 Albert Charles Westfall (ASN: 1211181), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Souplet, France, 18 October 1918. Undaunted by terrific machine-gun fire, Corporal Westfall went out into the open and rescued a British officer who had fallen wounded. Later, after two runners had been killed in trying to locate missing elements of his battalion, Corporal Westfall assumed this task and in performing it four times crossed a sunken road which was continuously raked by enemy machine-gun fire.