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 Angelo Casselo (ASN: 732149), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fontaines, France, 8 November 1918. While engaged as scout, Private Casselo put to flight an enemy machine-gun crew unaided and maintained his distance ahead of his company in the face of flanking machine-gun fire, which had prevented others from gaining ground.