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 First Class Michel Burel, Army of France, for repeated acts of extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 156th Regiment (Infantry), Army of France, at Chateau-Thierry, France, July 25 – 26, and at St. Mihiel, France, October 5 – 8, 1918. In the attack on Chateau-Thierry, Private Burel was at all times in the very thickest of the struggle, exhibiting singular valor and devotion to duty. During the attack on St. Mihiel he alone took a hostile machine gun, and a few days later put to rout 10 of the enemy, killing one during the encounter.