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 Armand Minton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Naza, near Binarville, France, 5 October 1918. Although suffering with a mortal illness, Lieutenant Minton retained command of his company, and when his line had been temporarily beaten back he personally returned across an area swept by hostile machine-gun fire and rescued a wounded soldier who had fallen within 25 yards of an enemy machine gun.