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 Albert De Rogatis (ASN: 1752789), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Juvin, France, 16 October 1918. When his company was held up by heavy machine-gun fire, Private De Rogatis voluntarily worked his way behind an enemy machine-gun position, killed a German soldier, and captured seven others, together with two machine-guns.