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 Sergeant Thomas Dexter Curfman (ASN: 2660009), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Exermont, France, 5 October 1918. When the advance of his company was retarded by machine-gun fire Sergeant Curfman took an automatic rifle from a wounded gunner and went forward alone to a position from which he opened fire and destroyed the enemy nest. He was himself mortally wounded.