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 Corporal Thomas F. Barto (ASN: 568752), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 4th Engineers, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on the Vesle River, near Ville Savoye, France, 11 August 1918. Corporal Barto volunteered to go into Ville Savoye at a time when it was under a heavy bombardment to rescue a wounded officer.