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 Pietro De Berardinas (ASN: 1285622), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 17 October 1918. In the Bois-de-Consenvoye, east of the Meuse, Private De Berardinas, acting in the capacity of a runner, carried three successive messages through continuous and heavy barrages of both our own and the enemy’s artillery, traversing a path where two men had previously been killed by the same barrage.