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 Sergeant Charles Raymond Riley (ASN: 1709722), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Grand Pre, France, 14 October 1918. When his company was halted by machine-gun fire, which threatened to wipe out the entire number, Sergeant Riley led a patrol and charged the nest and was successful, not only in cleaning out the stronghold, but in enabling his company to command a more favorable position.