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 Dominico Spataro (ASN: 1736380), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Grand Pre, France, October 25 – 26, 1918. Private Spataro, with hand grenades, broke up an enemy machine-gun nest and took four prisoners without assistance. He voluntarily acted as stretcher bearer for a period of 26 hours, performing valiant services, until severely wounded.