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 Private Joseph Berg (ASN: 97327), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Croix Rouge Farm, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 27 July 1918. When his company was in action near Hill No. 212, Private Berg was posted as lookout while his company was entrenching. He observed the enemy bringing forward machine guns through the wheat fields to place them in position. Waiting until they were within close range, he exposed himself to heavy machine-gun and artillery fire and succeeded in killing or disabling the crews of three machine guns, thus saving his company from heavy casualties.