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 Michael Bieryta (ASN: 2086881), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-Harville, France, 10 November 1918. Under terrific machine-gun fire, Private Bieryta advanced through forty feet of wire entanglements, hacking his way with his bayonet, so that his platoon could pass through to their objective. He was mortally wounded by enemy fire as he finished his work.