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 Private First Class Donald Keith De Laite (ASN: 1550907), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery D, 76th Field Artillery, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Romagne, France, 15 October 1918. As a member of a gun crew Private De Laite kept his gun in action during heavy enemy bombardment. When 3 shells exploded among the gun crew, killing or wounding all of them, Private De Laite, although fatally wounded, disregarded his own wounds and went to obtain aid for his wounded comrades.