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 Corporal John Pamaranski (ASN: 1828967), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 320th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois De Ogons, France, 10 October 1918. When his platoon was held up by an enemy machine-gun, which had caused many casualties in the platoon, Corporal Pamaranski advanced to within bombing distance of the gun, killed one and captured two of the enemy, together with the machine-gun.