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 Corporal William H. Hill (ASN: 92698), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Haumont, France, 27 September 1918. Corporal Hill, while establishing liaison with a separate unit of his patrol under heavy machine-gun fire, personally captured two prisoners, and, after delivering them to a guard, continued with his mission. He was severely wounded while performing this dangerous mission.