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 Peter Deloto (ASN: 1737909), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Grand Pre, France, 25 October 1918. During the attack Sergeant Deloto single-handed captured eight prisoners, and later aided materially in the capture of 16 more. When his company had been held up by the fire of a machine-gun, he set out, unassisted, and succeeded in capturing it, during which exploit he was wounded in the leg.