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 Charles A. Doughty (ASN: 3170629), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near La Fontaine au Croncq Farm, France, 4 November 1918. As a stretcher bearer, Private Doughty displayed exceptional courage in removing wounded men from a field swept by enemy machine-gun fire of such intensity that five men, other soldiers engaged in this work, were killed, and another wounded.