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 H. Boyatt (ASN: 1388370), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-Harville, France, 10 November 1918. Advancing through a clearing in the woods subjected to heavy fire, Corporal Boyatt with another soldier, flanked and destroyed an enemy machine-gun nest, capturing prisoners, and allowing their company to resume the advance.