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 Charles L. Draper (ASN: 1210189), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ronssoy, France, 29 September 1918. After his company had passed beyond the first line of the enemy’s resistance and at a time when hostile machine-gun fire presented the most formidable resistance to the advance, Private Draper, single-handed, rushed a hostile machine-gun position, killed both of its defenders, and captured the gun.