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 Charles Victor Williams (ASN: 10658), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 345th Tank Battalion, Tank Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, near Baulny, Meuse, France, 28 September 1918. During an attack on a hedge south of the Montrebeau Woods, Corporal Williams left his tank, which was out of action, and went through the severe rifle, machine-gun, and artillery fire to give first aid to his wounded lieutenant. He then took the wounded officer’s place, leading the platoon of tanks to the objective through the intense enemy fire.