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 Sergeant David F. Curtin (ASN: 62859), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in Bois Belleau, north of Verdun, France, 27 October 1918. The attacking Infantry having been temporarily halted by machine-gun fire from the front, Sergeant Curtin, grasping the situation, led a group of men in a flank attack upon the enemy machine-gun position, which resulted in the capture of the position and 30 prisoners. His deed enabled the left of the line to advance to its objective.