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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Charles de Rham, Jr., United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bazoches, France, 3 September 1918, and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 27 September 1918. On September 3 Lieutenant de Rham led the first patrol of his brigade across the Vesle River, exposed to heavy enemy machine-gun fire. On September 27 he led five attacks against enemy machine-gun positions. He was killed while making the fifth attack.