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 Vittorio Cristofaro (ASN: 1746634), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Grand Pre, France, 23 October 1918. While his company was forced to lie in the open for a period of 24 hours because of the murderous machine-gun and artillery fire of the enemy, Private Cristofaro, occupying a position in front of the company, advanced and attacked the enemy gun nests, silencing no less than three guns and killing their crews.