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 Private Carl Mulrain (ASN: 1676239), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ville-Savoye, France, 23 August 1918. While the 1st Battalion of his regiment was making an attack to regain ground from the enemy in the outpost zone along the Vesle river, Private Mulrain continued to advance when he discovered that three enemy machine guns occupied the high ground in front of him. With great courage and utter disregard for his own safety he continued to go forward in the face of concentrated enemy machine-gun fire, thus helping materially to force the enemy to evacuate his machine-gun emplacement, though himself killed by a machine-gun bullet.