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 First Class Anthony Buonomo (ASN: 2451073), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chevieres, France, 19 October 1918. Private Buonomo was voluntarily acting as guide on a reconnaissance with an officer, when the latter was severely wounded by a bursting shell. Having himself been struck by a shell fragment, he disregarded his own injuries, but immediately bandaged the officer’s wound and assisted him to the dressing station 800 meters away across an open field swept by shell fire. He then volunteered to return to division headquarters through intense artillery fire to report that the reconnaissance had not yet been completed.