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 First Class Salvatore Dicarlo (ASN: 74508), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 4th Machine-Gun Battalion, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vierzy, France, 18 July 1918. Single-handed, Private Di Carlo attacked and captured three enemy machine guns and eight prisoners. Later he rendered first aid to wounded comrades and assisted them from the field under intense machine-gun and artillery fire.