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 W. Turner, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Binarville, France, 6 October 1918. Surrounded by enemy machine-guns and snipers, and under heavy shell fire, Lieutenant Turner refused to surrender, but held his position with extraordinary heroism and total disregard for his own life until he and all his detachment were killed.