The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private Louis Comina (ASN: 1629839), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division near Varennes, France, 26 September 1918. With two other soldiers, Private Comina voluntarily went forward under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and silenced an enemy machine-gun nest, killing four of the crew and bringing back 11 prisoners. He was killed in action eight days later.