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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Charles Robert Obermeyer (ASN: 0-1295073), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company M, 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, 31st Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 30 April 1945, in the Philippine Islands. When the rear guard of the 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, was ambushed by concealed enemy machine guns and riflemen along the Sayre Highway, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, Company K and the second platoon of Company M were pinned down by the intense enemy fire. Calling for a heavy machine gun squad, Lieutenant Obermeyer, of Company M, moved forward to a point of vantage, and, discovering a hostile machine gun crew setting up, killed one of the foe with his carbine and disposed of the remaining enemy soldiers with a grenade. With his squad he advanced across a long fire-swept bridge, set up a firing position on high ground, and although exposed to the hostile fire personally manned the gun, engaging enemy positions on a dominating ridge. He killed one of the enemy and when he set fire to a large ammunition dump the remainder of a hostile machine gun crew took flight and he killed four more of the foe, enabling the remainder of his platoon to cross the bridge and then set up to cover the advance of Company K. Continuing his careful observation of the enemy terrain, he registered his machine gun on an enemy position and fired another ammunition dump, silencing all hostile emplacements meanwhile remaining in a completely exposed position. Three of his men had been seriously wounded in the encounter and he assisted in removing them for treatment, receiving four bullet holes through his own clothing. Through his fearless and skillful leadership and his eagerness to close with the enemy and destroy him, Lieutenant Obermeyer enabled the early resumption of the battalion advance and upheld the finest traditions of the American soldier.